respiración

[respiɾaˈsjõn]

/[respiɾaˈsjõn]/ noun

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The verdict

“respiración” has 17 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #6,951. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#6,951
frequency rank, Spanish
4,151
“R” headwords
17
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Movimiento del tórax al respirar.

Corpus desk

Index ES-respiracion · respiración · Spanish

respiración · rank #6,951 · 17 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-COMMON #6,951
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 17 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,151
  • PHOTO-FINISH recuerden

Nearest frequency peer: recuerden (-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 “respiración”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “respiración” 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).

respiración vs reparación
82% similar

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

Key facts for respiración
PropertyValue
Headwordrespiración
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[respiɾaˈsjõn]
Letters11
Frequency rank#6,951
Misspellings tracked17
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “respiración”

De izquierda a derecha: las pocas palabras que cargan el habla diaria, luego la cola larga casi invisible.respiracióncae 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 “recuerden” (#6,950), “revolucionarios” (#6,952), “rector” (#6,949). Entre 4,151 lemas con “R”, “respiración” va en #6,951. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 17 spelling variants around respiración (IPA [respiɾaˈsjõn]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #6,951 among 4,151 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

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

  1. 1
    Movimiento del tórax al respirar.
  2. 2
    Intercambio gaseoso entre un organismo y la atmósfera, o el agua, con aspiración de oxígeno y espiración de anhídrido carbónico.
  3. 3
    Circulación del aire de un lugar cerrado hacia y desde el exterior.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Contener la respiración.
  2. La respiración de las plantas sucede a través de los estomas de las hojas.

This word in other languages

respiration(English)haleine(Français)Atmung(Deutsch)

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.

erspiración2repsiración2resipración2respiarción2respiracción1respiracinó2respiraciónn1respiracóin2
Edit distance from "respiración"

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 "respiración"?
"respiración" is spelled R-E-S-P-I-R-A-C-I-Ó-N. The IPA pronunciation is [respiɾaˈsjõn].
What does "respiración" mean?
As a noun, "respiración" means: Movimiento del tórax al respirar.
What words are commonly confused with "respiración"?
"respiración" is commonly confused with "reparación". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "respiración"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "respiración" is [respiɾaˈsjõn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "respiración" come from?
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

presentando#6,944precedentes#6,943supervisión#6,960tripulación#6,964

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (17 here; floor ≥5).

violaciones17 variantsincrementar17 variantsincapacidad17 variantscompetición17 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list