propulsión
[pɾopulˈsjõn]
The verdict
“propulsión” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #27,360 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #27,360
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 10
- letters
- 16
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Acción o efecto de propulsar.
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 | propulsión |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [pɾopulˈsjõn] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #27,360 |
| Misspellings tracked | 16 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “propulsión” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for propulsión is 10 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [pɾopulˈsjõn]. Corpus data places it at rank #27,360 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Acción o efecto de propulsar.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for propulsión, with forms such as "porpulsión", "ppropulsión", and "proplusión". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "profusión", "propensión", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is propulsión, spelled P-R-O-P-U-L-S-I-Ó-N.
Definition
- 1Acción o efecto de propulsar.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: porpulsión,ppropulsión,proplusión,proppulsión,propulción,propulisón,propullsión,propulsinó,propulsiónn,propulssión,propulsóin,propuslión,prouplsión,prpoulsión,prropulsión,rpopulsión
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of propulsión - 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 “propulsión”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is P-R-O-P-U-L-S-I-Ó-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [pɾopulˈsjõn] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “profusión” - see the side-by-side comparison. propulsión vs profusión
- 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.