relations

//ɹɪˈleɪʃənz// noun

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#41,600

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

13

tracked variants

Confusables

6

similar word pairs

relations is aSpanishnoun. It means: Forma del plural de relation. Pronounced /ɹɪˈleɪʃənz/. Often confused with relatos and relativos.

Key facts for relations
PropertyValue
Headwordrelations
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ɹɪˈleɪʃənz/
Letters9
Frequency rank#41,600
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for relations is 9 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ɹɪˈleɪʃənz/. Corpus data places it at rank #41,600 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Forma del plural de relation.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 13 documented wrong-spelling variants for relations, with forms such as "erlations", "realtions", and "relaitons". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "relatos", "relativos", "relativas", 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 relations, spelled R-E-L-A-T-I-O-N-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Forma del plural de relation.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: erlations,realtions,relaitons,relatinos,relationns,relationss,relatiosn,relatoins,relattions,rellations,reltaions,rleations,rrelations

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for relations

Misspelling Variants of "relations"

erlations9realtions9relaitons9relatinos9relationns10relationss10relatiosn9relatoins9
Misspelling Variants of "relations"

Frequency rank: #41,600 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "relations"?
"relations" is spelled R-E-L-A-T-I-O-N-S. The IPA pronunciation is /ɹɪˈleɪʃənz/.
What does "relations" mean?
As a noun, "relations" means: Forma del plural de relation.
What words are commonly confused with "relations"?
"relations" is commonly confused with "relatos", "relativos", "relativas". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "relations"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "relations" is /ɹɪˈleɪʃənz/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "relations" come from?
"relations" 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.