percusión

/[peɾkuˈsjõn]/ noun

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#21,787

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

14

tracked variants

Confusables

1

similar word pairs

percusión is aSpanishnoun. It means: Acción y resultado de percutir, percutar o golpetear (golpear, casi siempre de modo repetido). Pronounced [peɾkuˈsjõn]. Often confused with persuasión.

Key facts for percusión
PropertyValue
Headwordpercusión
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[peɾkuˈsjõn]
Letters9
Frequency rank#21,787
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for percusión is 9 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [peɾkuˈsjõn]. Corpus data places it at rank #21,787 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for percusión, with forms such as "eprcusión", "pecrusión", and "perccusión". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "persuasión", 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 percusión, spelled P-E-R-C-U-S-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 y resultado de percutir, percutar o golpetear (golpear, casi siempre de modo repetido).
  2. 2
    En una orquesta, grupo de los instrumentos que se hacen sonar al ser golpeados o agitados.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: eprcusión,pecrusión,perccusión,percsuión,percución,percuisón,percusinó,percusiónn,percussión,percusóin,perrcusión,perucsión,ppercusión,precusión

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for percusión

Misspelling Variants of "percusión"

eprcusión9pecrusión9perccusión10percsuión9percución9percuisón9percusinó9percusiónn10
Misspelling Variants of "percusión"

Frequency rank: #21,787 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "percusión"?
"percusión" is spelled P-E-R-C-U-S-I-Ó-N. The IPA pronunciation is [peɾkuˈsjõn].
What does "percusión" mean?
As a noun, "percusión" means: Acción y resultado de percutir, percutar o golpetear (golpear, casi siempre de modo repetido).
What words are commonly confused with "percusión"?
"percusión" is commonly confused with "persuasión". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "percusión"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "percusión" is [peɾkuˈsjõn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "percusión" come from?
"percusión" 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. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.