apnea
[apˈnea]
The verdict
“apnea” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #52,685 among 7,704 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,685
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7,704
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Interrupción momentánea de la respiración.
Corpus desk
Index ES-apnea · apnea · Spanish
apnea · rank #52,685 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #52,685
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 7,704
- PHOTO-FINISH apicultura
Nearest frequency peer: apicultura (-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 “apnea”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- anecdótica
anecdótica
47,320 corpus weight
- anhelando
anhelando
47,319 corpus weight
- apicultura
apicultura
47,317 corpus weight
- apnea
apnea
47,316 corpus weight
- aprensión
aprensión
47,314 corpus weight
- apresurarse
apresurarse
47,313 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “apnea” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | apnea |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [apˈnea] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #52,685 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “apnea” en español
Rare enough to double-check
apnea is uncommon Spanish at frequency #52,685 among 7,704 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [apˈnea]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for apnea in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is apnea, spelled A-P-N-E-A.
Definition
- 1Interrupción momentánea de la respiración.
- 2Prueba deportiva de natación o buceo sin respirar.^([cita requerida])
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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