población
[poβ̞laˈsjõn]
The verdict
“población” has 15 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #471. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #471
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 48,357
- “P” headwords
- 15
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Acción o finalidad de poblar un determinado lugar.
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 | población |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [poβ̞laˈsjõn] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #471 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “población” sits in Spanish frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 15 spelling variants around población (IPA [poβ̞laˈsjõn]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #471 among 48,357 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for población, with forms such as "opblación", "pbolación", and "pobalción". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "polución", "poblaciones", "poblacional", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is población, spelled P-O-B-L-A-C-I-Ó-N.
Definition
- 1Acción o finalidad de poblar un determinado lugar.
- 2Conjuntos de habitantes humanos que ocupan una determinada área geográfica o que tienen un rasgo común.
- 3Conjunto de individuos de una determinada especie o grupo biológico.
- 4Conjunto con construcciones y otras áreas, más o menos delimitado, donde viven seres humanos y/o animales.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: opblación,pbolación,pobalción,pobblación,poblacción,poblacinó,poblaciónn,poblacóin,poblaicón,poblasión,poblcaión,pobllación,polbación,povlación,ppoblación
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of población - 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 “población”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is P-O-B-L-A-C-I-Ó-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [poβ̞laˈsjõn] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “polución” - see the side-by-side comparison. población vs polución
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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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.