angiotensina
[ãŋxjot̪ẽnˈsina]
The verdict
“angiotensina” is an uncommon Spanish word, ranked #79,748 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #79,748
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Hormona oligopeptídica sanguínea vasoconstrictora, que incrementa la presión arterial. Por retención de sodio, en la corteza suprarrenal, en la nefrona distal, provoca dipsogenia (sed) y liberación...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | angiotensina |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ãŋxjot̪ẽnˈsina] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #79,748 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “angiotensina” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for angiotensina is 12 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ãŋxjot̪ẽnˈsina]. Corpus data places it at rank #79,748 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Hormona oligopeptídica sanguínea vasoconstrictora, que incrementa la presión arterial. Por retención de sodio, en la corteza suprarrenal, en la nefrona distal, provoca dipsogenia (sed) y liberación...".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for angiotensina, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is angiotensina, spelled A-N-G-I-O-T-E-N-S-I-N-A.
Definition
- 1Hormona oligopeptídica sanguínea vasoconstrictora, que incrementa la presión arterial. Por retención de sodio, en la corteza suprarrenal, en la nefrona distal, provoca dipsogenia (sed) y liberación de aldosterona, que así mismo propicia aumento de la tensión 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 “angiotensina”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is A-N-G-I-O-T-E-N-S-I-N-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ãŋxjot̪ẽnˈsina] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- 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.