astringente
[ast̪ɾĩŋˈxẽn̪t̪e]
The verdict
“astringente” is an uncommon Spanish word, ranked #67,480 in Spanish word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #67,480
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Se dice de la sustancia que se utiliza con fines médicos o industriales para astringir o contraer tejidos orgánicos y reducir el moco, el flujo de sangre y otras secreciones. Las disoluciones de sa...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | astringente |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ast̪ɾĩŋˈxẽn̪t̪e] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #67,480 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “astringente” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for astringente is 11 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ast̪ɾĩŋˈxẽn̪t̪e]. Corpus data places it at rank #67,480 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
astringente has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is astringente, spelled A-S-T-R-I-N-G-E-N-T-E.
Definition
- 1Se dice de la sustancia que se utiliza con fines médicos o industriales para astringir o contraer tejidos orgánicos y reducir el moco, el flujo de sangre y otras secreciones. Las disoluciones de sales minerales generalmente son astringentes; y los de origen vegetal contienen taninos.
- 2Que produce un sabor metálico, seco y amargo.
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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 “astringente”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is A-S-T-R-I-N-G-E-N-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ast̪ɾĩŋˈxẽn̪t̪e] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.