privación
[pɾiβ̞aˈsjõn]
The verdict
“privación” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #18,649 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #18,649
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 9
- letters
- 15
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Acción de despojar, impedir o privar.
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 | privación |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [pɾiβ̞aˈsjõn] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #18,649 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “privación” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for privación is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [pɾiβ̞aˈsjõn]. Corpus data places it at rank #18,649 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for privación, with forms such as "pirvación", "pprivación", and "priavción". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "privaciones", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is privación, spelled P-R-I-V-A-C-I-Ó-N.
Definition
- 1Acción de despojar, impedir o privar.
- 2Carencia o falta de una cosa en sujeto capaz de tenerla.
- 3Pena con que se desposee a uno del empleo, cargo o dignidad que tenía, por un delito que se ha cometido.
- 4Ausencia del bien que se apetece o desea.
- 5Castigo consistente en el retiro de algún privilegio o simplemente negar el permiso para hacer algo divertido.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: pirvación,pprivación,priavción,pribación,privacción,privacinó,privaciónn,privacóin,privaicón,privasión,privcaión,privvación,prrivación,prviación,rpivación
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of privación - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 “privación”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is P-R-I-V-A-C-I-Ó-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [pɾiβ̞aˈsjõn] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “privaciones” - see the side-by-side comparison. privación vs privaciones
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.