animismo
[aniˈmismo]
The verdict
“animismo” is an uncommon Spanish word, ranked #92,668 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #92,668
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Creencia religiosa que ve la existencia de un espíritu o ánima, tras cada ser, cosa o fenómeno natural, atribuyéndoles propiedades divinas o sobrenaturales.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | animismo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [aniˈmismo] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #92,668 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “animismo” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for animismo is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [aniˈmismo]. Corpus data places it at rank #92,668 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for animismo, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is animismo, spelled A-N-I-M-I-S-M-O.
Definition
- 1Creencia religiosa que ve la existencia de un espíritu o ánima, tras cada ser, cosa o fenómeno natural, atribuyéndoles propiedades divinas o sobrenaturales.
- 2Doctrina médica inventada por Georg Ernst Stahl a fines del siglo XVII, con la que se apartó del espíritu científico que admite que el conocimiento humano es incompleto y que está en constante revisión, eliminando la incertidumbre del no saber, mediante el recurso simplista de apelar al "ánima" para explicar todo lo que la ciencia de su época no podía resolver.
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 “animismo”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is A-N-I-M-I-S-M-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [aniˈmismo] (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.