respiración
[respiɾaˈsjõn]
The verdict
“respiración” is a regularly-used Spanish word, ranked #6,951 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #6,951
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 11
- letters
- 17
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Movimiento del tórax al respirar.
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 | respiración |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [respiɾaˈsjõn] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #6,951 |
| Misspellings tracked | 17 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “respiración” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for respiración is 11 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [respiɾaˈsjõn]. Corpus data places it at rank #6,951 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for respiración, with forms such as "erspiración", "repsiración", and "resipración". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "reparación", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is respiración, spelled R-E-S-P-I-R-A-C-I-Ó-N.
Definition
- 1Movimiento del tórax al respirar.
- 2Intercambio gaseoso entre un organismo y la atmósfera, o el agua, con aspiración de oxígeno y espiración de anhídrido carbónico.
- 3Circulación del aire de un lugar cerrado hacia y desde el exterior.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: erspiración,repsiración,resipración,respiarción,respiracción,respiracinó,respiraciónn,respiracóin,respiraicón,respirasión,respircaión,respirración,resppiración,respriación,resspiración,rrespiración,rsepiración
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of respiración - 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 “respiración”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is R-E-S-P-I-R-A-C-I-Ó-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [respiɾaˈsjõn] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “reparación” - see the side-by-side comparison. respiración vs reparación
- 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.