petición

[pet̪iˈsjõn]

/[pet̪iˈsjõn]/ noun

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The verdict

“petición” has 12 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #3,068. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#3,068
frequency rank, Spanish
6,028
“P” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Acción o efecto de pedir.

Corpus desk

Index ES-peticion · petición · Spanish

petición · rank #3,068 · 12 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,068
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,028
  • PHOTO-FINISH plena

Nearest frequency peer: plena (+1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “petición”

Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino

corpus weight

What this shows “petición” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

petición vs posición
75% similar
petición vs peticiones
70% similar
petición vs partición
78% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for petición
PropertyValue
Headwordpetición
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[pet̪iˈsjõn]
Letters8
Frequency rank#3,068
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “petición”

Esta escala corre desde el núcleo del español cotidiano (izquierda) hasta el rastro de formas rara vez usadas (derecha).peticióncae aquí:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Los ticks avanzan en logaritmo; cada uno es del orden de diez veces más raro. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “plena” (#3,069), “ocupa” (#3,066), “podrás” (#3,070). Entre 6,028 lemas con “P”, “petición” va en #3,068. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around petición (IPA [pet̪iˈsjõn]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #3,068 among 6,028 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for petición, with forms such as "eptición", "peitción", and "petciión". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "posición", "peticiones", "partición", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is petición, spelled P-E-T-I-C-I-Ó-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Acción o efecto de pedir.
  2. 2
    Oración, cláusula o escrito con que se pide algo.
  3. 3
    Escrito dirigido a un juez o autoridad que tiene el poder de conceder lo pedido.

This word in other languages

request(English)requête(Français)Petition(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • eptición
  • peitción
  • petciión
  • peticción
  • peticinó
  • peticiónn
  • peticóin
  • petiicón
  • petisión
  • pettición
  • ppetición
  • pteición

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of petición - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

eptición2peitción2petciión2peticción1peticinó2peticiónn1peticóin2petiicón2
Edit distance from "petición"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "petición"?
"petición" is spelled P-E-T-I-C-I-Ó-N. The IPA pronunciation is [pet̪iˈsjõn].
What does "petición" mean?
As a noun, "petición" means: Acción o efecto de pedir.
What words are commonly confused with "petición"?
"petición" is commonly confused with "posición", "peticiones", "partición". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "petición"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "petición" is [pet̪iˈsjõn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "petición" come from?
"petición" is a Spanish word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "petición", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

privadas#3,073privados#3,074protesta#3,077votación#3,092

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

ingeniero12 variantsVicente12 variantstormenta12 variantsduración12 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list