prisión

/[pɾiˈsjõn]/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,746

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

10

similar word pairs

prisión is aSpanishnoun. It means: Acción o acto de prender, coger o asir. Pronounced [pɾiˈsjõn]. It ranks #1,746 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with prison and prisiones.

Key facts for prisión
PropertyValue
Headwordprisión
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[pɾiˈsjõn]
Letters7
Frequency rank#1,746
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for prisión is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [pɾiˈsjõn]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,746 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 8 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for prisión, with forms such as "pirsión", "pprisión", and "prición". 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 10 confusable-pair relationships, "prison", "prisiones", "pasión", 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 prisión, spelled P-R-I-S-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 acto de prender, coger o asir.
  2. 2
    Sitio donde se encierra a los reclusos.
  3. 3
    Cualquier cosa, o hecho, que ate, estorbe o limite la libertad.
  4. 4
    Pena de privación de libertad.
  5. 5
    Presa que hace el halcón de cetrería, volando a poca altura.
  6. 6
    Atadura con que están presas las aves de caza.
  7. 7
    Toma u ocupación de una cosa.
  8. 8
    Lo que une estrechamente las voluntades y afectos.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: pirsión,pprisión,prición,priisón,prisinó,prisiónn,prissión,prisóin,prrisión,prsiión,rpisión

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for prisión

Misspelling Variants of "prisión"

pirsión7pprisión8prición7priisón7prisinó7prisiónn8prissión8prisóin7
Misspelling Variants of "prisión"

Frequency rank: #1,746 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "prisión"?
"prisión" is spelled P-R-I-S-I-Ó-N. The IPA pronunciation is [pɾiˈsjõn].
What does "prisión" mean?
As a noun, "prisión" means: Acción o acto de prender, coger o asir.
What words are commonly confused with "prisión"?
"prisión" is commonly confused with "prison", "prisiones", "pasión". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "prisión"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "prisión" is [pɾiˈsjõn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "prisión" come from?
"prisión" 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.