recepción

/[resepˈsjõn]/ noun

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#4,189

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

14

tracked variants

Confusables

4

similar word pairs

recepción is aSpanishnoun. It means: La acción y el efecto de recibir algo o alguien. Pronounced [resepˈsjõn]. It ranks #4,189 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with recesión and retención.

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

Frequency rank visualization

Position of recepción in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for recepción is 9 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [resepˈsjõn]. Corpus data places it at rank #4,189 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 14 documented wrong-spelling variants for recepción, with forms such as "ercepción", "rceepción", and "reccepción". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "recesión", "retención", "redención", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is recepción, spelled R-E-C-E-P-C-I-Ó-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

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.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ercepción,rceepción,reccepción,rececpión,recepcción,recepcinó,recepciónn,recepcóin,recepicón,receppción,recpeción,reecpción,resepsión,rrecepción

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for recepción

Misspelling Variants of "recepción"

ercepción9rceepción9reccepción10rececpión9recepcción10recepcinó9recepciónn10recepcóin9
Misspelling Variants of "recepción"

Frequency rank: #4,189 in Spanish

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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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.