asepsia
[aˈsepsja]
The verdict
“asepsia” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #90,610 among 120,137 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #90,610
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 120,137
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Ausencia de materia productora de descomposición, o de gérmenes que puedan producir infecciones o enfermedades.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | asepsia |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [aˈsepsja] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #90,610 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “asepsia” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
asepsia is uncommon Spanish at frequency #90,610 among 120,137 “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
- 1Ausencia de materia productora de descomposición, o de gérmenes que puedan producir infecciones o enfermedades.
- 2Método 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.
- 3Desapasionamiento, 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.
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Using “asepsia”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is A-S-E-P-S-I-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [aˈsepsja] (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.