promoción

[pɾomoˈsjõn]

/[pɾomoˈsjõn]/ noun

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The verdict

“promoción” has 14 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #2,417. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,417
frequency rank, Spanish
6,028
“P” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Acción o resultado de promover.

Corpus desk

Index ES-promocion · promoción · Spanish

promoción · rank #2,417 · 14 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,417
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,028
  • PHOTO-FINISH positivo

Nearest frequency peer: positivo (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “promoción”

Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino

corpus weight

What this shows “promoción” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

promoción vs promovió
78% similar
promoción vs proporción
80% similar
promoción vs promocionar
73% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for promoción
PropertyValue
Headwordpromoción
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[pɾomoˈsjõn]
Letters9
Frequency rank#2,417
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “promoción”

Esta escala corre desde el núcleo del español cotidiano (izquierda) hasta el rastro de formas rara vez usadas (derecha).promocióncae aquí:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

La escala es logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× más rara). En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “positivo” (#2,416), “poniendo” (#2,415), “reciente” (#2,419). Entre 6,028 lemas con “P”, “promoción” va en #2,417. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around promoción (IPA [pɾomoˈsjõn]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #2,417 among 6,028 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for promoción, with forms such as "pormoción", "ppromoción", and "prmooción". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "promovió", "proporción", "promocionar", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is promoción, spelled P-R-O-M-O-C-I-Ó-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Acción o resultado de promover.
  2. 2
    Acción o resultado de promocionar.
  3. 3
    Actividades realizadas para dar a conocer un producto.
  4. 4
    Grupo de la camada de alumnos que egresarán en un mismo año.
  5. 5
    Movimiento que se realiza cuando se logra avanzar un peón a la última fila. En tal caso, se debe sustituir el peón por una pieza y éste adquiere la movilidad de la pieza elegida por el resto de la partida.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how promoción appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. La promoción 2020

This word in other languages

promotion(English)promotion(Français)Förderung(Deutsch)promoção(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • pormoción
  • ppromoción
  • prmooción
  • promcoión
  • prommoción
  • promocción
  • promocinó
  • promociónn
  • promocóin
  • promoicón
  • promosión
  • proomción
  • prromoción
  • rpomoción

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of promoción - 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.

pormoción2ppromoción1prmooción2promcoión2prommoción1promocción1promocinó2promociónn1
Edit distance from "promoción"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "promoción"?
"promoción" is spelled P-R-O-M-O-C-I-Ó-N. The IPA pronunciation is [pɾomoˈsjõn].
What does "promoción" mean?
As a noun, "promoción" means: Acción o resultado de promover.
What words are commonly confused with "promoción"?
"promoción" is commonly confused with "promovió", "proporción", "promocionar". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "promoción"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "promoción" is [pɾomoˈsjõn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "promoción" come from?
"promoción" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "promoción", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

necesaria#2,405demostrar#2,394dispuesto#2,444esfuerzos#2,447

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

únicamente14 variantspacientes14 variantsherramienta14 variantsfelicidad14 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list