unción
[ũnˈsjõn]
The verdict
“unción” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #53,918 among 4,148 “U” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,918
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,148
- “U” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Acción o efecto de ungir
| 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) |
Where “unción” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
unción is uncommon Spanish at frequency #53,918 among 4,148 “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
Synonyms
This word in other languages
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 “unción”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is U-N-C-I-Ó-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ũnˈsjõn] (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.