aldosterona
[al̪d̪ost̪eˈɾona]
The verdict
“aldosterona” is an uncommon Spanish word, ranked #99,169 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #99,169
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Hormona mineralocorticoide generada en la porción externa de la zona glomerular de la corteza adrenal en las glándulas suprarrenales. Causa retención del sodio, secreción de potasio e incremento de...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | aldosterona |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [al̪d̪ost̪eˈɾona] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #99,169 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “aldosterona” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for aldosterona is 11 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [al̪d̪ost̪eˈɾona]. Corpus data places it at rank #99,169 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Hormona mineralocorticoide generada en la porción externa de la zona glomerular de la corteza adrenal en las glándulas suprarrenales. Causa retención del sodio, secreción de potasio e incremento de...".
aldosterona has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is aldosterona, spelled A-L-D-O-S-T-E-R-O-N-A.
Definition
- 1Hormona mineralocorticoide generada en la porción externa de la zona glomerular de la corteza adrenal en las glándulas suprarrenales. Causa retención del sodio, secreción de potasio e incremento de la presión arterial.
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 “aldosterona”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is A-L-D-O-S-T-E-R-O-N-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [al̪d̪ost̪eˈɾona] (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.