vacaciones
[bakaˈsjones]
The verdict
“vacaciones” is a regularly-used Spanish word, ranked #1,594 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #1,594
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 10
- letters
- 16
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Periodo de varios días en que una persona descansa de sus actividades o rutinas diarias, de trabajo o estudio, y va a la playa, a la montaña, a practicar algún deporte, a leer algún libro o desarro...
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | vacaciones |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [bakaˈsjones] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #1,594 |
| Misspellings tracked | 16 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “vacaciones” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for vacaciones is 10 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [bakaˈsjones]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,594 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Periodo de varios días en que una persona descansa de sus actividades o rutinas diarias, de trabajo o estudio, y va a la playa, a la montaña, a practicar algún deporte, a leer algún libro o desarro...".
Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for vacaciones, with forms such as "avcaciones", "bacaciones", and "vaacciones". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "votaciones", "vocaciones", "variaciones", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is vacaciones, spelled V-A-C-A-C-I-O-N-E-S.
Definition
- 1Periodo de varios días en que una persona descansa de sus actividades o rutinas diarias, de trabajo o estudio, y va a la playa, a la montaña, a practicar algún deporte, a leer algún libro o desarrollar alguna otra actividad. Los periodos de vacaciones dependen del país y la temporada del año.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: avcaciones,bacaciones,vaacciones,vacacciones,vacacinoes,vacacioens,vacacioness,vacacionnes,vacacionse,vacacoines,vacaicones,vacasiones,vaccaciones,vaccaiones,vcaaciones,vvacaciones
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of vacaciones - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 "vacaciones"?
What does "vacaciones" mean?
What words are commonly confused with "vacaciones"?
How do you pronounce "vacaciones"?
What language does "vacaciones" come from?
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Using “vacaciones”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is V-A-C-A-C-I-O-N-E-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [bakaˈsjones] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “votaciones” - see the side-by-side comparison. vacaciones vs votaciones
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.