usucapión
[usukaˈpjõn]
The verdict
“usucapión” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Obtención de la propiedad de bienes o derechos sobre algo, por haber hecho uso o ejercido posesión sobre ello durante el tiempo que la ley establece. Es un modo originario de acceder a la propiedad...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | usucapión |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [usukaˈpjõn] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “usucapión” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
usucapión is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [usukaˈpjõn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Obtención de la propiedad de bienes o derechos sobre algo, por haber hecho uso o ejercido posesión sobre ello durante el tiempo que la ley establece. Es un modo originario de acceder a la propiedad...".
No misspelling variants are generated for usucapión in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is usucapión, spelled U-S-U-C-A-P-I-Ó-N.
Definition
- 1Obtención de la propiedad de bienes o derechos sobre algo, por haber hecho uso o ejercido posesión sobre ello durante el tiempo que la ley establece. Es un modo originario de acceder a la propiedad de las cosas, en contraposición a la adquisición derivada que se transmite por venta, donación o herencia.
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “usucapión”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is U-S-U-C-A-P-I-Ó-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [usukaˈpjõn] (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.