botulismo
[bot̪uˈlismo]
The verdict
“botulismo” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Toxoinfección bacteriana producida por el consumo de alimentos contaminados por una toxina nerviosa producida por la bacteria Clostridium botulinum.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | botulismo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [bot̪uˈlismo] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “botulismo” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
botulismo is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [bot̪uˈlismo]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Toxoinfección bacteriana producida por el consumo de alimentos contaminados por una toxina nerviosa producida por la bacteria Clostridium botulinum.".
botulismo doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. 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.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 botulismo, spelled B-O-T-U-L-I-S-M-O.
Definition
- 1Toxoinfección bacteriana producida por el consumo de alimentos contaminados por una toxina nerviosa producida por la bacteria Clostridium botulinum.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “botulismo”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is B-O-T-U-L-I-S-M-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [bot̪uˈlismo] (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.