arácnido
[aˈɾaknið̞o]
The verdict
“arácnido” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #70,004 among 120,137 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #70,004
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 120,137
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Clase de artrópodos quelicerados. Incluye formas tan importantes como las arañas, los escorpiones y los ácaros, junto a grupos menos visibles, pero de gran interés científico o importancia ecológic...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | arácnido |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [aˈɾaknið̞o] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #70,004 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “arácnido” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
arácnido is uncommon Spanish at frequency #70,004 among 120,137 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [aˈɾaknið̞o]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Clase de artrópodos quelicerados. Incluye formas tan importantes como las arañas, los escorpiones y los ácaros, junto a grupos menos visibles, pero de gran interés científico o importancia ecológic...".
Zero misspellings are on record for arácnido in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is arácnido, spelled A-R-Á-C-N-I-D-O.
Definition
- 1Clase de artrópodos quelicerados. Incluye formas tan importantes como las arañas, los escorpiones y los ácaros, junto a grupos menos visibles, pero de gran interés científico o importancia ecológica. Tienen el cuerpo dividido las más de las veces, pero no siempre, en dos partes, un prosoma (cefalotórax) y un opistosoma (abdomen). Los apéndices se insertan en el prosoma y son un par de quelíceros, junto a la boca, un par de palpos, a veces muy desarrollados (pedipalpos) y cuatro pares de patas locomotoras.
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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Using “arácnido”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is A-R-Á-C-N-I-D-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [aˈɾaknið̞o] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.