anatomía
[anat̪oˈmia]
The verdict
“anatomía” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #11,519 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #11,519
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 6
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Ciencia de estudio de la disección, su objetivo estudiar número, estructura y situación de las diferentes partes del cuerpo de los animales o de las plantas.
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 | anatomía |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [anat̪oˈmia] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #11,519 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 6 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “anatomía” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for anatomía is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [anat̪oˈmia]. Corpus data places it at rank #11,519 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for anatomía, with forms such as "aantomía", "anaotmía", and "anatmoía". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "Antonia", "anatomy", "anatómica", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
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 anatomía, spelled A-N-A-T-O-M-Í-A.
Definition
- 1Ciencia de estudio de la disección, su objetivo estudiar número, estructura y situación de las diferentes partes del cuerpo de los animales o de las plantas.
- 2Ciencia que estudia la forma y estructura externa e interna de los seres vivos.
- 3Estudio de la forma y estructura del cuerpo humano.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: aantomía,anaotmía,anatmoía,anatomaí,anatommía,anatoíma,anattomía,annatomía,antaomía,naatomía
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of anatomía - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “anatomía”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is A-N-A-T-O-M-Í-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [anat̪oˈmia] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Antonia” - see the side-by-side comparison. anatomía vs Antonia
- 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.