oscilación

/[osilaˈsjõn]/ noun

Letters

10 characters

Frequency Rank

#36,720

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

15

tracked variants

Confusables

1

similar word pairs

oscilación is aSpanishnoun. It means: Acción o efecto de oscilar. Pronounced [osilaˈsjõn]. Often confused with oscilaciones.

Key facts for oscilación
PropertyValue
Headwordoscilación
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[osilaˈsjõn]
Letters10
Frequency rank#36,720
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for oscilación is 10 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [osilaˈsjõn]. Corpus data places it at rank #36,720 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 15 documented wrong-spelling variants for oscilación, with forms such as "ocsilación", "osccilación", and "oscialción". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "oscilaciones", 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 oscilación, spelled O-S-C-I-L-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
    Acción o efecto de oscilar.
  2. 2
    Fluctuación regular de valor, posición, estado, etc. alrededor de un valor medio
  3. 3
    Un ciclo de esta oscilación₂.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ocsilación,osccilación,oscialción,oscilacción,oscilacinó,oscilaciónn,oscilacóin,oscilaicón,oscilcaión,oscillación,oscliación,osiclación,osscilación,ossilasión,socilación

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for oscilación

Misspelling Variants of "oscilación"

ocsilación10osccilación11oscialción10oscilacción11oscilacinó10oscilaciónn11oscilacóin10oscilaicón10
Misspelling Variants of "oscilación"

Frequency rank: #36,720 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "oscilación"?
"oscilación" is spelled O-S-C-I-L-A-C-I-Ó-N. The IPA pronunciation is [osilaˈsjõn].
What does "oscilación" mean?
As a noun, "oscilación" means: Acción o efecto de oscilar.
What words are commonly confused with "oscilación"?
"oscilación" is commonly confused with "oscilaciones". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "oscilación"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "oscilación" is [osilaˈsjõn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "oscilación" come from?
"oscilación" 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.