según

/[seˈɣ̞ũn]/ prep

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#196

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

según is aSpanishprep. It means: Conforme con, con arreglo a. Pronounced [seˈɣ̞ũn]. It ranks #196 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with sun and sen.

Key facts for según
PropertyValue
Headwordsegún
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechPrep
IPA[seˈɣ̞ũn]
Letters5
Frequency rank#196
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for según is 5 letters long, classified as aprep, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [seˈɣ̞ũn]. Corpus data places it at rank #196 in overall Spanish word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for según, with forms such as "cegún", "esgún", and "seggún". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "sun", "sen", "seu", and more, 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 según, spelled S-E-G-Ú-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Conforme con, con arreglo a.
  2. 2
    En proporción a.
  3. 3
    De la misma manera o forma.
  4. 4
    Indica la opinión delante de un nombre o pronombre.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: cegún,esgún,seggún,segnú,segúnn,seúgn,sgeún,ssegún

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for según

Misspelling Variants of "según"

cegún5esgún5seggún6segnú5segúnn6seúgn5sgeún5ssegún6
Misspelling Variants of "según"

Frequency rank: #196 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "según"?
"según" is spelled S-E-G-Ú-N. The IPA pronunciation is [seˈɣ̞ũn].
What does "según" mean?
As a prep, "según" means: Conforme con, con arreglo a.
What words are commonly confused with "según"?
"según" is commonly confused with "sun", "sen", "seu". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "según"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "según" is [seˈɣ̞ũn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "según" come from?
"según" 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. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.