sustracción
[sust̪ɾakˈsjõn]
The verdict
“sustracción” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #42,719 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #42,719
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 11
- letters
- 16
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Acción o efecto de sustraer o de sustraerse.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sustracción |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [sust̪ɾakˈsjõn] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #42,719 |
| Misspellings tracked | 16 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “sustracción” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for sustracción is 11 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [sust̪ɾakˈsjõn]. Corpus data places it at rank #42,719 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for sustracción, with forms such as "ssustracción", "ssutracción", and "susrtacción". 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. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is sustracción, spelled S-U-S-T-R-A-C-C-I-Ó-N.
Definition
- 1Acción o efecto de sustraer o de sustraerse.
- 2Operación que consiste en calcular la diferencia numérica entre dos cantidades o expresiones.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ssustracción,ssutracción,susrtacción,susstracción,sustarcción,sustraccinó,sustracciónn,sustraccóin,sustracicón,sustración,sustracsión,sustrcación,sustrracción,susttracción,sutsracción,usstracción
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sustracción - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “sustracción”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is S-U-S-T-R-A-C-C-I-Ó-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [sust̪ɾakˈsjõn] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.