antirretroviral
[ãn̪t̪iret̪ɾoβ̞iˈɾal]
The verdict
“antirretroviral” is an uncommon Spanish word, ranked #84,550 in Spanish word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #84,550
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Dicho de un medicamento: que sirve para combatir las infecciones de retrovirus.
| 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) |
Where “antirretroviral” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for antirretroviral is 15 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ãn̪t̪iret̪ɾoβ̞iˈɾal]. Corpus data places it at rank #84,550 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "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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Using “antirretroviral”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is A-N-T-I-R-R-E-T-R-O-V-I-R-A-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.