antirretroviral
[ãn̪t̪iret̪ɾoβ̞iˈɾal]
The verdict
“antirretroviral” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #84,550 among 7,704 “A” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #84,550
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7,704
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dicho de un medicamento: que sirve para combatir las infecciones de retrovirus.
Corpus desk
Index ES-antirretroviral · antirretroviral · Spanish
antirretroviral · rank #84,550 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #84,550
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 7,704
- PHOTO-FINISH antihéroe
Nearest frequency peer: antihéroe (-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 “antirretroviral”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- anegada
anegada
15,458 corpus weight
- angiografía
angiografía
15,457 corpus weight
- anotadores
anotadores
15,455 corpus weight
- antihéroe
antihéroe
15,452 corpus weight
- antirretrov…
antirretroviral
15,451 corpus weight
- apadrinado
apadrinado
15,448 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “antirretroviral” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | antirretroviral |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ãn̪t̪iret̪ɾoβ̞iˈɾal] |
| Letters | 15 |
| Frequency rank | #84,550 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “antirretroviral” en español
Rare enough to double-check
antirretroviral is uncommon Spanish at frequency #84,550 among 7,704 “A” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ãn̪t̪iret̪ɾoβ̞iˈɾal]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Dicho de un medicamento: que sirve para combatir las infecciones de retrovirus.".
antirretroviral 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, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is antirretroviral, spelled A-N-T-I-R-R-E-T-R-O-V-I-R-A-L.
Definition
- 1Dicho de un medicamento: que sirve para combatir las infecciones de retrovirus.
Synonyms
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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