petición

/[pet̪iˈsjõn]/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#3,068

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

4

similar word pairs

petición is aSpanishnoun. It means: Acción o efecto de pedir. Pronounced [pet̪iˈsjõn]. It ranks #3,068 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with posición and peticiones.

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

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for petición is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [pet̪iˈsjõn]. Corpus data places it at rank #3,068 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 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 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 petición, spelled P-E-T-I-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 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.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: eptición,peitción,petciión,peticción,peticinó,peticiónn,peticóin,petiicón,petisión,pettición,ppetición,pteición

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for petición

Misspelling Variants of "petición"

eptición8peitción8petciión8peticción9peticinó8peticiónn9peticóin8petiicón8
Misspelling Variants of "petición"

Frequency rank: #3,068 in Spanish

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. 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.