sancionen

[sãnˈsjonẽn]

/[sãnˈsjonẽn]/ verb

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The verdict

“sancionen” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #80,483 among 34,953 “S” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#80,483
frequency rank, Spanish
34,953
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de subjuntivo de sancionar.

Key facts for sancionen
PropertyValue
Headwordsancionen
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[sãnˈsjonẽn]
Letters9
Frequency rank#80,483
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “sancionen” sits in Spanish frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). sancionen lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

sancionen is uncommon Spanish at frequency #80,483 among 34,953 “S” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [sãnˈsjonẽn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for sancionen, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is sancionen, spelled S-A-N-C-I-O-N-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de subjuntivo de sancionar.
  2. 2
    Segunda persona del plural (ustedes) del imperativo de sancionar.

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 "sancionen"?
"sancionen" is spelled S-A-N-C-I-O-N-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [sãnˈsjonẽn].
What does "sancionen" mean?
As a verb, "sancionen" means: Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de subjuntivo de sancionar.
How do you pronounce "sancionen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sancionen" is [sãnˈsjonẽn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sancionen" come from?
"sancionen" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Using “sancionen”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Spanish spelling is S-A-N-C-I-O-N-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [sãnˈsjonẽn] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words

Other uncommon Spanish words near this rank

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list