restricción

[rest̪ɾikˈsjõn]

/[rest̪ɾikˈsjõn]/ noun

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The verdict

“restricción” has 16 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #9,360. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#9,360
frequency rank, Spanish
4,151
“R” headwords
16
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Acción y efecto de restringir.

Corpus desk

Index ES-restriccion · restricción · Spanish

restricción · rank #9,360 · 16 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-COMMON #9,360
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 16 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,151
  • PHOTO-FINISH resoluciones

Nearest frequency peer: resoluciones (-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 “restricción”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “restricción” 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).

restricción vs restricciones
77% similar

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

Key facts for restricción
PropertyValue
Headwordrestricción
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[rest̪ɾikˈsjõn]
Letters11
Frequency rank#9,360
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “restricción”

De izquierda a derecha: las pocas palabras que cargan el habla diaria, luego la cola larga casi invisible.restriccióncae aquí:

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

La escala es logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× más rara). En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “resoluciones” (#9,359), “reunidos” (#9,361), “rezar” (#9,362). Entre 4,151 lemas con “R”, “restricción” va en #9,360. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 16 spelling variants around restricción (IPA [rest̪ɾikˈsjõn]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #9,360 among 4,151 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for restricción, with forms such as "erstricción", "resrticción", and "resstricción". 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, "restricciones", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is restricción, spelled R-E-S-T-R-I-C-C-I-Ó-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Acción y efecto de restringir.
  2. 2
    En especial, la que se impone a la distribución y venta de bienes de consumo en el mercado en ocasión de carestía.
  3. 3
    Reducción del dominio de una función.
  4. 4
    Corte de una cadena de ácido desoxirribonucleico a la altura de una secuencia característica de nucleótidos para evitar la incorporación de material genético exógeno.

Synonyms

limitación

This word in other languages

restriction(English)restriction(Français)Restriktion(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • erstricción
  • resrticción
  • resstricción
  • restircción
  • restrcición
  • restriccinó
  • restricciónn
  • restriccóin
  • restricicón
  • restrición
  • restricsión
  • restrricción
  • resttricción
  • retsricción
  • rrestricción
  • rsetricción

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of restricción - 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.

erstricción2resrticción2resstricción1restircción2restrcición2restriccinó2restricciónn1restriccóin2
Edit distance from "restricción"

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

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

Same letter count

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

psicológica#9,349promocionar#9,348permanentes#9,344manifestado#9,320

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).

coordenadas16 variantshaciéndose16 variantsimposición16 variantsacumulación16 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list