apoplejía

[apopleˈxia]

/[apopleˈxia]/ noun

The verdict

“apoplejía” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #53,335 among 7,704 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#53,335
frequency rank, Spanish
7,704
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Suspensión más o menos completa de las funciones cerebrales, ocasionada por una interrupción del suministro de sangre al cerebro.

Corpus desk

Index ES-apoplejia · apoplejía · Spanish

apoplejía · rank #53,335 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #53,335
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 7,704
  • PHOTO-FINISH aplomo

Nearest frequency peer: aplomo (-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 “apoplejía”

Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “apoplejía” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for apoplejía
PropertyValue
Headwordapoplejía
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[apopleˈxia]
Letters9
Frequency rank#53,335
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “apoplejía” en español

La frecuencia va del puñado de palabras que usamos sin parar (izquierda) a la cola larga que apenas aparece (derecha).apoplejíacae en esta cola de rareza:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

El eje es logarítmico: cada tick marca unas diez veces menos frecuencia. Vecinos raros de la misma franja: “aplomo” (#53,334), “aprobaría” (#53,336), “aparejado” (#53,333). Entre 7,704 lemas con “A”, “apoplejía” va en #53,335. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

apoplejía is uncommon Spanish at frequency #53,335 among 7,704 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [apopleˈxia]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Suspensión más o menos completa de las funciones cerebrales, ocasionada por una interrupción del suministro de sangre al cerebro.".

No misspelling variants are generated for apoplejía in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is apoplejía, spelled A-P-O-P-L-E-J-Í-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Suspensión más o menos completa de las funciones cerebrales, ocasionada por una interrupción del suministro de sangre al cerebro.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "apoplejía"?
"apoplejía" is spelled A-P-O-P-L-E-J-Í-A. The IPA pronunciation is [apopleˈxia].
What does "apoplejía" mean?
As a noun, "apoplejía" means: Suspensión más o menos completa de las funciones cerebrales, ocasionada por una interrupción del suministro de sangre al cerebro.
How do you pronounce "apoplejía"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "apoplejía" is [apopleˈxia]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "apoplejía" come from?
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "apoplejía", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list