recepción

[resepˈsjõn]

/[resepˈsjõn]/ noun

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The verdict

“recepción” has 14 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #4,189. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#4,189
frequency rank, Spanish
4,151
“R” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - La acción y el efecto de recibir algo o alguien.

Corpus desk

Index ES-recepcion · recepción · Spanish

recepción · rank #4,189 · 14 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #4,189
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,151
  • PHOTO-FINISH pongan

Nearest frequency peer: pongan (-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 “recepción”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “recepción” 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).

recepción vs recesión
78% similar
recepción vs retención
78% similar
recepción vs redención
78% similar

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

Key facts for recepción
PropertyValue
Headwordrecepción
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[resepˈsjõn]
Letters9
Frequency rank#4,189
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “recepción”

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

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

El eje es logarítmico: cada tick marca unas diez veces menos frecuencia. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “pongan” (#4,188), “recoger” (#4,190), “podremos” (#4,187). Entre 4,151 lemas con “R”, “recepción” va en #4,189. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around recepción (IPA [resepˈsjõn]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #4,189 among 4,151 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for recepción, with forms such as "ercepción", "rceepción", and "reccepción". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "recesión", "retención", "redención", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is recepción, spelled R-E-C-E-P-C-I-Ó-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    La acción y el efecto de recibir algo o alguien.
  2. 2
    Recepción de señales eléctricas o electromagnéticas en sonido o imagen.
  3. 3
    La oficina o despacho en hoteles o edificios donde se registra los nuevos huéspedes o invitados.
  4. 4
    Reunión o ceremonia con carácter oficial en la que se celebra un personaje importante, un festejado, un suceso memorable, un acto oficial, un feliz acontecimiento, etcétera.
  5. 5
    Admisión en una escuela, oficio o empleo.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Durante la recepción de su premio la audiencia abucheaba.
  2. Para el videófono necesitamos una recepción sin interferencias.

Synonyms

reciborecibimientoacogidasalónreuniónjuntaAdmisión

Antonyms

donacióndonativo

This word in other languages

réception(Français)Empfangen(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ercepción
  • rceepción
  • reccepción
  • rececpión
  • recepcción
  • recepcinó
  • recepciónn
  • recepcóin
  • recepicón
  • receppción
  • recpeción
  • reecpción
  • resepsión
  • rrecepción

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of recepción - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

ercepción2rceepción2reccepción1rececpión2recepcción1recepcinó2recepciónn1recepcóin2
Edit distance from "recepción"

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 "recepción"?
"recepción" is spelled R-E-C-E-P-C-I-Ó-N. The IPA pronunciation is [resepˈsjõn].
What does "recepción" mean?
As a noun, "recepción" means: La acción y el efecto de recibir algo o alguien.
What words are commonly confused with "recepción"?
"recepción" is commonly confused with "recesión", "retención", "redención". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "recepción"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "recepción" is [resepˈsjõn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "recepción" come from?
"recepción" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

represión#4,194sacerdote#4,196Sebastián#4,197liderazgo#4,171

Similar misspelling depth

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

territorial14 variantscontestar14 variantscreciendo14 variantsfavoritos14 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list