secreción

[sekɾeˈsjõn]

/[sekɾeˈsjõn]/ noun

The verdict

“secreción” has 15 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #25,448. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#25,448
frequency rank, Spanish
34,953
“S” headwords
15
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Función de una célula o de un tejido orgánico de secretar, es decir, producir y excretar una substancia. Habitualmente es una función glandular.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

secreción vs secreciones
73% similar
secreción vs sección
78% similar
secreción vs secesión
78% similar

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

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

Where “secreción” 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). secreción lands here:

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

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

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 15 spelling variants around secreción (IPA [sekɾeˈsjõn]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #25,448 among 34,953 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for secreción, with forms such as "cecreción", "escreción", and "scereción". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "secreciones", "sección", "secesión", 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, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is secreción, spelled S-E-C-R-E-C-I-Ó-N.

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

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of secreción - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

cecreción1escreción2scereción2seccreción1secerción2secrceión2secrección1secrecinó2
Edit distance from "secreción"

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 "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. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Using “secreción”

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

  • The one correct Spanish spelling is S-E-C-R-E-C-I-Ó-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [sekɾeˈsjõn] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Don't mix it up with “secreciones” - see the side-by-side comparison. secreción vs secreciones
  • Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words

Same frequency band

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 FrequencyWords open word-frequency list