asfixia

/[asˈfiksja]/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#20,268

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

asfixia is aSpanishnoun. It means: Suspensión o dificultad en la respiración. Pronounced [asˈfiksja].

Key facts for asfixia
PropertyValue
Headwordasfixia
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[asˈfiksja]
Letters7
Frequency rank#20,268
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of asfixia in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for asfixia is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [asˈfiksja]. Corpus data places it at rank #20,268 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for asfixia, with forms such as "afsixia", "asffixia", and "asfiixa". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.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.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is asfixia, spelled A-S-F-I-X-I-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Suspensión o dificultad en la respiración.
  2. 2
    Aniquilación de algo o grave impedimento de su existencia o desarrollo.
  3. 3
    Sensación de agobio producida por el excesivo calor, el enrarecimiento del ambiente o por otras causas físicas o psíquicas.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: afsixia,asffixia,asfiixa,asfixai,asfixxia,asfxiia,asifxia,assfixia,safixia

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for asfixia

Misspelling Variants of "asfixia"

afsixia7asffixia8asfiixa7asfixai7asfixxia8asfxiia7asifxia7assfixia8
Misspelling Variants of "asfixia"

Frequency rank: #20,268 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "asfixia"?
"asfixia" is spelled A-S-F-I-X-I-A. The IPA pronunciation is [asˈfiksja].
What does "asfixia" mean?
As a noun, "asfixia" means: Suspensión o dificultad en la respiración.
What are common misspellings of "asfixia"?
Common misspellings include "afsixia", "asffixia", "asfiixa", "asfixai", "asfixxia". The correct spelling is "asfixia".
How do you pronounce "asfixia"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "asfixia" is [asˈfiksja]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "asfixia" come from?
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.