angiotensina
[ãŋxjot̪ẽnˈsina]
The verdict
“angiotensina” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #79,748 among 7,704 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,748
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7,704
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 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...
Corpus desk
Index ES-angiotensina · angiotensina · Spanish
angiotensina · rank #79,748 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #79,748
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 7,704
- PHOTO-FINISH anilla
Nearest frequency peer: anilla (+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 “angiotensina”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- ampliaba
ampliaba
20,257 corpus weight
- analicé
analicé
20,256 corpus weight
- angiotensina
angiotensina
20,253 corpus weight
- anilla
anilla
20,252 corpus weight
- antílopes
antílopes
20,251 corpus weight
- anárquica
anárquica
20,250 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “angiotensina” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| 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) |
Cola larga: rango de “angiotensina” en español
Rare enough to double-check
angiotensina is uncommon Spanish at frequency #79,748 among 7,704 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ãŋxjot̪ẽnˈsina]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "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.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how angiotensina appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La angiotensina se forma por acción de la renina sobre el angiotensinógeno, una globulina alfa-2, producida por el hígado, que circula constantemente en la sangre. La renina, elaborada por las células yuxtaglomerulares del riñón en respuesta a la disminución del volumen circulatorio y del contenido de sodio, actúa como una enzima en la conversión del angi…
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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