catatonía
[kat̪at̪oˈnia]
The verdict
“catatonía” 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 September 3, 2026) - Síndrome de alteraciones psíquicas y motoras, relacionado con la esquizofrenia y otros desórdenes mentales. Se caracteriza por rigidez muscular y estupor mental, algunas veces acompañado de una gra...
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Index ES-catatonia · catatonía · Spanish
catatonía · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | catatonía |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kat̪at̪oˈnia] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “catatonía” en español
Rare enough to double-check
catatonía is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [kat̪at̪oˈnia]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Síndrome de alteraciones psíquicas y motoras, relacionado con la esquizofrenia y otros desórdenes mentales. Se caracteriza por rigidez muscular y estupor mental, algunas veces acompañado de una gra...".
catatonía has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is catatonía, spelled C-A-T-A-T-O-N-Í-A.
Definition
- 1Síndrome de alteraciones psíquicas y motoras, relacionado con la esquizofrenia y otros desórdenes mentales. Se caracteriza por rigidez muscular y estupor mental, algunas veces acompañado de una gran excitación.
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.