arteriosclerosis
[aɾt̪eɾjoskleˈɾosis]
The verdict
“arteriosclerosis” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Endurecimiento de las paredes arteriales, que conlleva un engrosamiento y pérdida de elasticidad de ellas.
Corpus desk
Index ES-arteriosclerosis · arteriosclerosis · Spanish
arteriosclerosis · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 16 letters
- VOW-7 7 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | arteriosclerosis |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [aɾt̪eɾjoskleˈɾosis] |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “arteriosclerosis” en español
Rare enough to double-check
arteriosclerosis is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [aɾt̪eɾjoskleˈɾosis]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Endurecimiento de las paredes arteriales, que conlleva un engrosamiento y pérdida de elasticidad de ellas.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for arteriosclerosis in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is arteriosclerosis, spelled A-R-T-E-R-I-O-S-C-L-E-R-O-S-I-S.
Definition
- 1Endurecimiento de las paredes arteriales, que conlleva un engrosamiento y pérdida de elasticidad de ellas.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.