procesión
[pɾoseˈsjõn]
The verdict
“procesión” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #10,198 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #10,198
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 9
- letters
- 15
- tracked misspellings
- 13
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Acto de proceder una cosa de otra.
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 | procesión |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [pɾoseˈsjõn] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #10,198 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 13 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “procesión” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for procesión is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [pɾoseˈsjõn]. Corpus data places it at rank #10,198 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 4 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 procesión, with forms such as "porcesión", "pprocesión", and "prcoesión". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 13 confusable-pair relationships, "proceso", "procesos", "profesión", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is procesión, spelled P-R-O-C-E-S-I-Ó-N.
Definition
- 1Acto de proceder una cosa de otra.
- 2Desfile organizado de personas que realizan un recorrido, de un lugar a otro, o bien partiendo de un lugar y volviendo a él, especialmente si es por motivos religiosos.
- 3Grupo de personas o animales que van en fila de un sitio a otro.
- 4Acción eterna por la que Dios Padre produce a Dios Hijo y estos dos a su vez al Espíritu Santo.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: porcesión,pprocesión,prcoesión,proccesión,proceción,proceisón,procesinó,procesiónn,processión,procesóin,procseión,proecsión,prosesión,prrocesión,rpocesión
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of procesión - 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 “procesión”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is P-R-O-C-E-S-I-Ó-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [pɾoseˈsjõn] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “proceso” - see the side-by-side comparison. procesión vs proceso
- 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.