sustentación

[sust̪ẽn̪t̪aˈsjõn]

/[sust̪ẽn̪t̪aˈsjõn]/ noun

The verdict

“sustentación” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #43,876 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.

#43,876
frequency rank, Spanish
12
letters
19
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) — Fuerza generada sobre una superficie sustentadora en ángulos rectos al flujo de aire a su alrededor.

Key facts for sustentación
PropertyValue
Headwordsustentación
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[sust̪ẽn̪t̪aˈsjõn]
Letters12
Frequency rank#43,876
Misspellings tracked19
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “sustentación” 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). sustentación lands here:

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

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for sustentación is 12 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [sust̪ẽn̪t̪aˈsjõn]. Corpus data places it at rank #43,876 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Fuerza generada sobre una superficie sustentadora en ángulos rectos al flujo de aire a su alrededor.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 19 likely wrong-spelling variants for sustentación, with forms such as "ssustentación", "ssutentación", and "susetntación". 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 is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

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 sustentación, spelled S-U-S-T-E-N-T-A-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
    Fuerza generada sobre una superficie sustentadora en ángulos rectos al flujo de aire a su alrededor.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ssustentación,ssutentación,susetntación,susstentación,sustenatción,sustenntación,sustentacción,sustentacinó,sustentaciónn,sustentacóin,sustentaicón,sustentasión,sustentcaión,sustenttación,sustetnación,sustnetación,susttentación,sutsentación,usstentación

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sustentación - 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 "sustentación"

ssustentación1ssutentación2susetntación2susstentación1sustenatción2sustenntación1sustentacción1sustentacinó2
Edit distance from "sustentación"

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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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "sustentación"?
"sustentación" is spelled S-U-S-T-E-N-T-A-C-I-Ó-N. The IPA pronunciation is [sust̪ẽn̪t̪aˈsjõn].
What does "sustentación" mean?
As a noun, "sustentación" means: Fuerza generada sobre una superficie sustentadora en ángulos rectos al flujo de aire a su alrededor.
What are common misspellings of "sustentación"?
Common misspellings include "ssustentación", "ssutentación", "susetntación", "susstentación", "sustenatción". The correct spelling is "sustentación".
How do you pronounce "sustentación"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sustentación" is [sust̪ẽn̪t̪aˈsjõn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sustentación" come from?
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Using “sustentación”

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

  • The one correct Spanish spelling is S-U-S-T-E-N-T-A-C-I-Ó-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [sust̪ẽn̪t̪aˈsjõn] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list