transición

Name: transición, Spanish Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

[t̪ɾãnsiˈsjõn]

/[t̪ɾãnsiˈsjõn]/ noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“transición” has 17 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #3,370. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#3,370
frequency rank, Spanish: 3,005
“T” headwords: 17
tracked misspellings: 5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Cambio de una posición, situación, estado, tema, concepto, tono, modificación, variación, etc. a otro.

Corpus desk

Index ES-transicion · transición · Spanish

transición · rank #3,370 · 17 variants · 5 confusables

FREQ-COMMON #3,370
LEN-MEGA 10 letters
VOW-4 4 vowels
CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
VAR-HIGH 17 variants
BOOK-MID 3,005
PHOTO-FINISH trabajado

Nearest frequency peer: trabajado (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

tendencias

96,634
tonto

96,633
trabajado

96,632
transición

96,631
trataba

96,630
tratan

96,629

What this shows “transición” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

transición vs transmisión

82% similar

transición vs transiciones

75% similar

transición vs traición

80% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for transición
Property	Value
Headword	transición
Language	Spanish
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	[t̪ɾãnsiˈsjõn]
Letters	10
Frequency rank	#3,370
Misspellings tracked	17
Confusable pairs	5
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “transición”

Esta escala corre desde el núcleo del español cotidiano (izquierda) hasta el rastro de formas rara vez usadas (derecha).transicióncae aquí:

#3,370

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

El eje es logarítmico: cada tick marca unas diez veces menos frecuencia. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “trabajado” (#3,369), “trataba” (#3,371), “tonto” (#3,368). Entre 3,005 lemas con “T”, “transición” va en #3,370. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 17 spelling variants around transición (IPA [t̪ɾãnsiˈsjõn]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #3,370 among 3,005 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for transición, with forms such as "rtansición", "tarnsición", and "trancición". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "transmisión", "transiciones", "traición", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is transición, spelled T-R-A-N-S-I-C-I-Ó-N.

Definition

1
Cambio de una posición, situación, estado, tema, concepto, tono, modificación, variación, etc. a otro.
2
El paso de una escena o parte de una obra a otra indicado con efectos de sonido, visuales o música etc.
3
En España, el paso a la democracia después de la muerte de Franco.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how transición appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

Por fin pasamos por un período de transición.
Las transiciones en la película son realmente espectaculares.

Synonyms

paso pasaje

This word in other languages

transition(English)transition(Français)Übergang(Deutsch)transição(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

rtansición
tarnsición
trancición
tranisción
trannsición
transciión
transicción
transicinó
transiciónn
transicóin
transiicón
transisión
transsición
trasnición
trnasición
trransición
ttransición

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of transición - 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.

Edit distance from "transición"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "transición"?

"transición" is spelled T-R-A-N-S-I-C-I-Ó-N. The IPA pronunciation is [t̪ɾãnsiˈsjõn].

What does "transición" mean?

As a noun, "transición" means: Cambio de una posición, situación, estado, tema, concepto, tono, modificación, variación, etc. a otro.

What words are commonly confused with "transición"?

"transición" is commonly confused with "transmisión", "transiciones", "traición". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "transición"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "transición" is [t̪ɾãnsiˈsjõn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "transición" come from?

"transición" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.

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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "transición", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

tendencias#3,367 regionales#3,357 curiosidad#3,390 originales#3,348

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (17 here; floor ≥5).

profundidad17 variants diversidad17 variants necesitaba17 variants estabilidad17 variants