superstición
The verdict
“superstición” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #26,248 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #26,248
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 12
- letters
- 19
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
Dominant Wiktionary sense: Conjunto de ideas extrañas e irracionales a la fe religiosa.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | superstición |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [supeɾst̪iˈsjõn] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #26,248 |
| Misspellings tracked | 19 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “superstición” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for superstición is 12 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [supeɾst̪iˈsjõn]. Corpus data places it at rank #26,248 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 19 likely wrong-spelling variants for superstición, with forms such as "spuerstición", "ssuperstición", and "sueprstición". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "supersticiones", 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 superstición, spelled S-U-P-E-R-S-T-I-C-I-Ó-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1Conjunto de ideas extrañas e irracionales a la fe religiosa.
- 2Aprecio o miedo excesivos a las cosas ocultas y misteriosas.
- 3Creencia en una fuerza sobrenatural y oculta, en la cual se le atribuyen poderes a objetos y a eventos que por naturaleza no tienen.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: spuerstición,ssuperstición,sueprstición,superrstición,supersitción,supersstición,superstciión,supersticción,supersticinó,supersticiónn,supersticóin,superstiicón,superstisión,supersttición,supertsición,supesrtición,supperstición,suprestición,usperstición
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of superstición — measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
Edit distance from "superstición"
Frequency rank: #26,248 in Spanish
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Using “superstición”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is S-U-P-E-R-S-T-I-C-I-Ó-N — every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [supeɾst̪iˈsjõn] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “supersticiones” — see the side-by-side comparison. superstición vs supersticiones
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
Nearby Spanish words
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