artrosis
[aɾˈt̪ɾosis]
The verdict
“artrosis” is an uncommon Spanish word, ranked #56,820 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #56,820
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Padecimiento degenerativo de los cartílagos, que amortiguan la carga de los extremos óseos y propician los movimientos articulares. Así mismo se deterioran los huesos subyacentes a los cartílagos.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | artrosis |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [aɾˈt̪ɾosis] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #56,820 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “artrosis” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for artrosis is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [aɾˈt̪ɾosis]. Corpus data places it at rank #56,820 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Padecimiento degenerativo de los cartílagos, que amortiguan la carga de los extremos óseos y propician los movimientos articulares. Así mismo se deterioran los huesos subyacentes a los cartílagos.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for artrosis, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is artrosis, spelled A-R-T-R-O-S-I-S.
Definition
- 1Padecimiento degenerativo de los cartílagos, que amortiguan la carga de los extremos óseos y propician los movimientos articulares. Así mismo se deterioran los huesos subyacentes a los cartílagos.
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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 “artrosis”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is A-R-T-R-O-S-I-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [aɾˈt̪ɾosis] (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.