vacation

/veɪ.ˈkeɪ.ʃən/

//veɪ.ˈkeɪ.ʃən// noun

The verdict

“vacation” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #86,341 among 1,793 “V” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#86,341
frequency rank, Spanish
1,793
“V” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Vacaciones.

Corpus desk

Index ES-vacation · vacation · Spanish

vacation · rank #86,341 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #86,341
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,793
  • PHOTO-FINISH vacilaciones

Nearest frequency peer: vacilaciones (+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 “vacation”

Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “vacation” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for vacation
PropertyValue
Headwordvacation
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/veɪ.ˈkeɪ.ʃən/
Letters8
Frequency rank#86,341
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “vacation” en español

La frecuencia va del puñado de palabras que usamos sin parar (izquierda) a la cola larga que apenas aparece (derecha).vacationcae en esta cola de rareza:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

La escala es logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× más rara). Vecinos raros de la misma franja: “vacilaciones” (#86,342), “usurpan” (#86,339), “validadas” (#86,343). Entre 1,793 lemas con “V”, “vacation” va en #86,341. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

vacation is uncommon Spanish at frequency #86,341 among 1,793 “V” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /veɪ.ˈkeɪ.ʃən/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for vacation in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. 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 spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is vacation, spelled V-A-C-A-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Vacaciones.
  2. 2
    Descanso.

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 "vacation"?
"vacation" is spelled V-A-C-A-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is /veɪ.ˈkeɪ.ʃən/.
What does "vacation" mean?
As a noun, "vacation" means: Vacaciones.
How do you pronounce "vacation"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "vacation" is /veɪ.ˈkeɪ.ʃən/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "vacation" come from?
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "vacation", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list