ubicación

/[uβ̞ikaˈsjõn]/ noun

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#2,851

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

14

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

ubicación is aSpanishnoun. It means: Lugar en el que está ubicado algo. Pronounced [uβ̞ikaˈsjõn]. It ranks #2,851 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with ubicaron and ubicaciones.

Key facts for ubicación
PropertyValue
Headwordubicación
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[uβ̞ikaˈsjõn]
Letters9
Frequency rank#2,851
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of ubicación in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for ubicación is 9 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [uβ̞ikaˈsjõn]. Corpus data places it at rank #2,851 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 14 documented wrong-spelling variants for ubicación, with forms such as "buicación", "ubbicación", and "ubciación". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "ubicaron", "ubicaciones", 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 ubicación, spelled U-B-I-C-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
    Lugar en el que está ubicado algo.
  2. 2
    Existencia de un ser en todas partes.
  3. 3
    Accion y efecto de ubicar o ubicarse.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: buicación,ubbicación,ubciación,ubiacción,ubicacción,ubicacinó,ubicaciónn,ubicacóin,ubicaicón,ubicasión,ubiccación,ubiccaión,uibcación,uvicación

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for ubicación

Misspelling Variants of "ubicación"

buicación9ubbicación10ubciación9ubiacción9ubicacción10ubicacinó9ubicaciónn10ubicacóin9
Misspelling Variants of "ubicación"

Frequency rank: #2,851 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "ubicación"?
"ubicación" is spelled U-B-I-C-A-C-I-Ó-N. The IPA pronunciation is [uβ̞ikaˈsjõn].
What does "ubicación" mean?
As a noun, "ubicación" means: Lugar en el que está ubicado algo.
What words are commonly confused with "ubicación"?
"ubicación" is commonly confused with "ubicaron", "ubicaciones". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "ubicación"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ubicación" is [uβ̞ikaˈsjõn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ubicación" come from?
"ubicación" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.