precipitación

/[pɾesipit̪aˈsjõn]/ noun

Letters

13 characters

Frequency Rank

#16,676

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

20

tracked variants

Confusables

1

similar word pairs

precipitación is aSpanishnoun. It means: Acción o efecto de precipitar o de precipitarse. Pronounced [pɾesipit̪aˈsjõn]. Often confused with precipitaciones.

Key facts for precipitación
PropertyValue
Headwordprecipitación
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[pɾesipit̪aˈsjõn]
Letters13
Frequency rank#16,676
Misspellings tracked20
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for precipitación is 13 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [pɾesipit̪aˈsjõn]. Corpus data places it at rank #16,676 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 20 likely wrong-spelling variants for precipitación, with forms such as "percipitación", "pprecipitación", and "prceipitación". 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, "precipitaciones", 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 precipitación, spelled P-R-E-C-I-P-I-T-A-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 precipitar o de precipitarse.
  2. 2
    Dícese también de los temporales, como las lluvias, granizadas, nevadas, etc.

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: percipitación,pprecipitación,prceipitación,preccipitación,preciiptación,precipiatción,precipitacción,precipitacinó,precipitaciónn,precipitacóin,precipitaicón,precipitcaión,precipittación,precippitación,preciptiación,precpiitación,preicpitación,presipitasión,prrecipitación,rpecipitación

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for precipitación

Misspelling Variants of "precipitación"

percipitación13pprecipitación14prceipitación13preccipitación14preciiptación13precipiatción13precipitacción14precipitacinó13
Misspelling Variants of "precipitación"

Frequency rank: #16,676 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "precipitación"?
"precipitación" is spelled P-R-E-C-I-P-I-T-A-C-I-Ó-N. The IPA pronunciation is [pɾesipit̪aˈsjõn].
What does "precipitación" mean?
As a noun, "precipitación" means: Acción o efecto de precipitar o de precipitarse.
What words are commonly confused with "precipitación"?
"precipitación" is commonly confused with "precipitaciones". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "precipitación"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "precipitación" is [pɾesipit̪aˈsjõn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "precipitación" come from?
"precipitación" 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.