persuasión
[peɾswaˈsjõn]
The verdict
“persuasión” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #30,618 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #30,618
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 10
- letters
- 15
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - La acción de persuadir, la condición de estar persuadido.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | persuasión |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [peɾswaˈsjõn] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #30,618 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “persuasión” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for persuasión is 10 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [peɾswaˈsjõn]. Corpus data places it at rank #30,618 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "La acción de persuadir, la condición de estar persuadido.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for persuasión, with forms such as "eprsuasión", "perrsuasión", and "persausión". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "percusión", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is persuasión, spelled P-E-R-S-U-A-S-I-Ó-N.
Definition
- 1La acción de persuadir, la condición de estar persuadido.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: eprsuasión,perrsuasión,persausión,perssuasión,persuación,persuaisón,persuasinó,persuasiónn,persuassión,persuasóin,persusaión,perusasión,pesruasión,ppersuasión,presuasión
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of persuasión - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “persuasión”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is P-E-R-S-U-A-S-I-Ó-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [peɾswaˈsjõn] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “percusión” - see the side-by-side comparison. persuasión vs percusión
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.