orientación

/[oɾjẽn̪t̪aˈsjõn]/ noun

Letters

11 characters

Frequency Rank

#3,580

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

16

tracked variants

Confusables

3

similar word pairs

orientación is aSpanishnoun. It means: La acción y efecto de estar orientado. Pronounced [oɾjẽn̪t̪aˈsjõn]. It ranks #3,580 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with ostentación and orientaciones.

Key facts for orientación
PropertyValue
Headwordorientación
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[oɾjẽn̪t̪aˈsjõn]
Letters11
Frequency rank#3,580
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of orientación in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for orientación is 11 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [oɾjẽn̪t̪aˈsjõn]. Corpus data places it at rank #3,580 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 9 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 16 documented wrong-spelling variants for orientación, with forms such as "oirentación", "oreintación", and "orienatción". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "ostentación", "orientaciones", "ordenación", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is orientación, spelled O-R-I-E-N-T-A-C-I-Ó-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    La acción y efecto de estar orientado.
  2. 2
    Dirección o sentido con relación a los puntos cardinales.
  3. 3
    La dirección que sigue una tendencia, un movimiento o un desarrollo.
  4. 4
    Tendencia o inclinación general del pensamiento, de una idea, de un documento, etc.
  5. 5
    Predisposición en favor de algo.
  6. 6
    Instrucción introductoria a una nueva situación.
  7. 7
    Posición de una construcción con relación al eje Este-Oeste.
  8. 8
    Habilidad de una persona p
  9. 9
    Conciencia del mundo objetivo con relación a uno mismo.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: oirentación,oreintación,orienatción,orienntación,orientacción,orientacinó,orientaciónn,orientacóin,orientaicón,orientasión,orientcaión,orienttación,orietnación,orinetación,orrientación,roientación

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for orientación

Misspelling Variants of "orientación"

oirentación11oreintación11orienatción11orienntación12orientacción12orientacinó11orientaciónn12orientacóin11
Misspelling Variants of "orientación"

Frequency rank: #3,580 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "orientación"?
"orientación" is spelled O-R-I-E-N-T-A-C-I-Ó-N. The IPA pronunciation is [oɾjẽn̪t̪aˈsjõn].
What does "orientación" mean?
As a noun, "orientación" means: La acción y efecto de estar orientado.
What words are commonly confused with "orientación"?
"orientación" is commonly confused with "ostentación", "orientaciones", "ordenación". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "orientación"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "orientación" is [oɾjẽn̪t̪aˈsjõn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "orientación" come from?
"orientación" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.