sensacional
[sẽnsasjoˈnal]
The verdict
“sensacional” has 18 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #20,825. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #20,825
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 34,953
- “S” headwords
- 18
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Que causa sensación; que atrae mucho la atención.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sensacional |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [sẽnsasjoˈnal] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #20,825 |
| Misspellings tracked | 18 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “sensacional” sits in Spanish frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 18 spelling variants around sensacional (IPA [sẽnsasjoˈnal]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #20,825 among 34,953 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Que causa sensación; que atrae mucho la atención.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for sensacional, with forms such as "censacional", "esnsacional", and "senascional". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "sensaciones", "sensación", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is sensacional, spelled S-E-N-S-A-C-I-O-N-A-L.
Definition
- 1Que causa sensación; que atrae mucho la atención.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: censacional,esnsacional,senascional,sennsacional,sensaccional,sensacinoal,sensacioanl,sensacionall,sensacionla,sensacionnal,sensacoinal,sensaiconal,sensasional,senscaional,senssacional,sesnacional,snesacional,ssensacional
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sensacional - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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.
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Using “sensacional”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is S-E-N-S-A-C-I-O-N-A-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [sẽnsasjoˈnal] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “sensaciones” - see the side-by-side comparison. sensacional vs sensaciones
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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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.