apoptosis
[apopˈt̪osis]
The verdict
“apoptosis” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #83,630 among 7,704 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #83,630
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7,704
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Proceso bioquímico programado genéticamente que desencadena la muerte celular de ciertos tejidos de manera controlada.
Corpus desk
Index ES-apoptosis · apoptosis · Spanish
apoptosis · rank #83,630 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #83,630
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 7,704
- PHOTO-FINISH apolíticos
Nearest frequency peer: apolíticos (-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 “apoptosis”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- apelaba
apelaba
16,375 corpus weight
- apiñados
apiñados
16,373 corpus weight
- apolíticos
apolíticos
16,372 corpus weight
- apoptosis
apoptosis
16,371 corpus weight
- apostemos
apostemos
16,370 corpus weight
- applications
applications
16,369 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “apoptosis” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | apoptosis |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [apopˈt̪osis] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #83,630 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “apoptosis” en español
Rare enough to double-check
apoptosis is uncommon Spanish at frequency #83,630 among 7,704 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [apopˈt̪osis]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Proceso bioquímico programado genéticamente que desencadena la muerte celular de ciertos tejidos de manera controlada.".
apoptosis has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 apoptosis, spelled A-P-O-P-T-O-S-I-S.
Definition
- 1Proceso bioquímico programado genéticamente que desencadena la muerte celular de ciertos tejidos de manera controlada.
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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