paciencia

/[paˈsjẽnsja]/ noun

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#3,275

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

13

tracked variants

Confusables

1

similar word pairs

paciencia is aSpanishnoun. It means: Calma en la realización de alguna actividad. Pronounced [paˈsjẽnsja]. It ranks #3,275 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with Palencia.

Key facts for paciencia
PropertyValue
Headwordpaciencia
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[paˈsjẽnsja]
Letters9
Frequency rank#3,275
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for paciencia is 9 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [paˈsjẽnsja]. Corpus data places it at rank #3,275 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 13 documented wrong-spelling variants for paciencia, with forms such as "apciencia", "pacciencia", and "paceincia". 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, "Palencia", 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 paciencia, spelled P-A-C-I-E-N-C-I-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Calma en la realización de alguna actividad.
  2. 2
    Capacidad para esperar serenamente por algo deseado.
  3. 3
    Capacidad para tolerar situaciones incómodas.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: apciencia,pacciencia,paceincia,paciecnia,paciencai,pacienccia,pacienica,pacienncia,pacinecia,paicencia,pasiensia,pcaiencia,ppaciencia

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for paciencia

Misspelling Variants of "paciencia"

apciencia9pacciencia10paceincia9paciecnia9paciencai9pacienccia10pacienica9pacienncia10
Misspelling Variants of "paciencia"

Frequency rank: #3,275 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "paciencia"?
"paciencia" is spelled P-A-C-I-E-N-C-I-A. The IPA pronunciation is [paˈsjẽnsja].
What does "paciencia" mean?
As a noun, "paciencia" means: Calma en la realización de alguna actividad.
What words are commonly confused with "paciencia"?
"paciencia" is commonly confused with "Palencia". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "paciencia"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "paciencia" is [paˈsjẽnsja]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "paciencia" come from?
"paciencia" 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.