selección

/[selekˈsjõn]/ noun

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,183

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

13

tracked variants

Confusables

6

similar word pairs

selección is aSpanishnoun. It means: Elección de una persona o cosa entre otras, como separándola de ellas y prefiriéndola. Pronounced [selekˈsjõn]. It ranks #1,183 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with selecciona and seleccionar.

Key facts for selección
PropertyValue
Headwordselección
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[selekˈsjõn]
Letters9
Frequency rank#1,183
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for selección is 9 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [selekˈsjõn]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,183 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 13 documented wrong-spelling variants for selección, with forms such as "celección", "eslección", and "seelcción". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "selecciona", "seleccionar", "selecciones", 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 selección, spelled S-E-L-E-C-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
    Elección de una persona o cosa entre otras, como separándola de ellas y prefiriéndola.
  2. 2
    Elección de los animales destinados a la reproducción para conseguir mejoras en la raza.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: celección,eslección,seelcción,selceción,seleccinó,selecciónn,seleccóin,selecicón,seleción,selecsión,sellección,sleección,sselección

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for selección

Misspelling Variants of "selección"

celección9eslección9seelcción9selceción9seleccinó9selecciónn10seleccóin9selecicón9
Misspelling Variants of "selección"

Frequency rank: #1,183 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "selección"?
"selección" is spelled S-E-L-E-C-C-I-Ó-N. The IPA pronunciation is [selekˈsjõn].
What does "selección" mean?
As a noun, "selección" means: Elección de una persona o cosa entre otras, como separándola de ellas y prefiriéndola.
What words are commonly confused with "selección"?
"selección" is commonly confused with "selecciona", "seleccionar", "selecciones". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "selección"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "selección" is [selekˈsjõn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "selección" come from?
"selección" 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.