asepsia

[aˈsepsja]

/[aˈsepsja]/ noun

The verdict

“asepsia” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #90,610 among 7,704 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#90,610
frequency rank, Spanish
7,704
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ausencia de materia productora de descomposición, o de gérmenes que puedan producir infecciones o enfermedades.

Corpus desk

Index ES-asepsia · asepsia · Spanish

asepsia · rank #90,610 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #90,610
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 7,704
  • PHOTO-FINISH ascenderán

Nearest frequency peer: ascenderán (-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 “asepsia”

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 “asepsia” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for asepsia
PropertyValue
Headwordasepsia
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[aˈsepsja]
Letters7
Frequency rank#90,610
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “asepsia” en español

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

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

La escala es logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× más rara). Vecinos raros de la misma franja: “ascenderán” (#90,609), “asbestos” (#90,608), “arrullo” (#90,607). Entre 7,704 lemas con “A”, “asepsia” va en #90,610. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

asepsia is uncommon Spanish at frequency #90,610 among 7,704 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [aˈsepsja]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

asepsia doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is asepsia, spelled A-S-E-P-S-I-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ausencia de materia productora de descomposición, o de gérmenes que puedan producir infecciones o enfermedades.
  2. 2
    Método que se propone impedir el acceso de gérmenes nocivos al organismo, evitando así la producción de muchas enfermedades. Constituye la base de los procedimientos modernos en las operaciones quirúrgicas.
  3. 3
    Desapasionamiento, o falta de emoción.

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 "asepsia"?
"asepsia" is spelled A-S-E-P-S-I-A. The IPA pronunciation is [aˈsepsja].
What does "asepsia" mean?
As a noun, "asepsia" means: Ausencia de materia productora de descomposición, o de gérmenes que puedan producir infecciones o enfermedades.
How do you pronounce "asepsia"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "asepsia" is [aˈsepsja]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "asepsia" come from?
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list