unción
[ũnˈsjõn]
The verdict
“unción” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #53,918 among 448 “U” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,918
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 448
- “U” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Acción o efecto de ungir
Corpus desk
Index ES-uncion · unción · Spanish
unción · rank #53,918 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,918
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 448
- PHOTO-FINISH ucranianas
Nearest frequency peer: ucranianas (-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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “unción”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- ucranianas
ucranianas
46,084 corpus weight
- unción
unción
46,083 corpus weight
- untar
untar
46,082 corpus weight
- vacacionar
vacacionar
46,081 corpus weight
- vacilando
vacilando
46,080 corpus weight
- Vanuatu
Vanuatu
46,079 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “unción” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | unción |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ũnˈsjõn] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #53,918 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “unción” en español
Rare enough to double-check
unción is uncommon Spanish at frequency #53,918 among 448 “U” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ũnˈsjõn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 6 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for unción, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is unción, spelled U-N-C-I-Ó-N.
Definition
- 1Acción o efecto de ungir
- 2En particular, unción₁ con ungüento de mercurio, usada antiguamente para tratar la sífilis.
- 3En particular, unción₁ ritual con óleo consagrado que se da a los enfermos graves o moribundos
- 4Por extensión, gracia divina que ayuda en la búsqueda de la virtud
- 5Por extensión, empeño apasionado que se pone en una causa
- 6Vela pequeña que se iza a proa en lugar del foque en caso de viento tormentoso
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how unción appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Conviene a saber, de la purpura, del sceptro, que fué una cañavera, de la corona de espinas, de la unción hecha con propia sangre, que le corría de la cabeza y de la reverencia con la rodilla hincada en tierra, todo esto por escarnio en casa de Pilato.
Es la lepra original: contra ésta es el bautismo, la penitencia ansimismo, contra la culpa mortal; unción contra el venial.
Synonyms
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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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