secreción

/[sekɾeˈsjõn]/ noun

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#25,448

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

15

tracked variants

Confusables

3

similar word pairs

secreción is aSpanishnoun. It means: Función de una célula o de un tejido orgánico de secretar, es decir, producir y excretar una substancia. Habitualmente es una función glandular. Pronounced [sekɾeˈsjõn]. Often confused with secreciones and sección.

Key facts for secreción
PropertyValue
Headwordsecreción
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[sekɾeˈsjõn]
Letters9
Frequency rank#25,448
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for secreción is 9 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [sekɾeˈsjõn]. Corpus data places it at rank #25,448 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for secreción, with forms such as "cecreción", "escreción", and "scereción". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "secreciones", "sección", "secesión", 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 secreción, spelled S-E-C-R-E-C-I-Ó-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Función de una célula o de un tejido orgánico de secretar, es decir, producir y excretar una substancia. Habitualmente es una función glandular.
  2. 2
    La sustancia que es segregada por una célula o un tejido orgánico.
  3. 3
    Acción y efecto de segregar.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: cecreción,escreción,scereción,seccreción,secerción,secrceión,secrección,secrecinó,secreciónn,secrecóin,secreicón,secresión,secrreción,serceción,ssecreción

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for secreción

Misspelling Variants of "secreción"

cecreción9escreción9scereción9seccreción10secerción9secrceión9secrección10secrecinó9
Misspelling Variants of "secreción"

Frequency rank: #25,448 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "secreción"?
"secreción" is spelled S-E-C-R-E-C-I-Ó-N. The IPA pronunciation is [sekɾeˈsjõn].
What does "secreción" mean?
As a noun, "secreción" means: Función de una célula o de un tejido orgánico de secretar, es decir, producir y excretar una substancia. Habitualmente es una función glandular.
What words are commonly confused with "secreción"?
"secreción" is commonly confused with "secreciones", "sección", "secesión". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "secreción"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "secreción" is [sekɾeˈsjõn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "secreción" come from?
"secreción" 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. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.