cifosis

[siˈfosis]

/[siˈfosis]/ noun

The verdict

“cifosis” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency Spanish
7
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Encorvadura defectuosa de la espina dorsal, de convexidad posterior.

Corpus desk

Index ES-cifosis · cifosis · Spanish

cifosis · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 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.

Key facts for cifosis
PropertyValue
Headwordcifosis
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[siˈfosis]
Letters7
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “cifosis” en español

cifosisqueda fuera de las 100.000 palabras españolas más frecuentes, en la cola larga de vocabulario técnico, arcaico o raro, justo donde más se duda de la ortografía.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

cifosis is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [siˈfosis]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Encorvadura defectuosa de la espina dorsal, de convexidad posterior.".

No misspelling variants are generated for cifosis in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 cifosis, spelled C-I-F-O-S-I-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Encorvadura defectuosa de la espina dorsal, de convexidad posterior.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how cifosis appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. «En forma crónica pueden observarse lumbalgias, dorsalgias y condromalacia rotuliana. En cuanto a las secuelas podemos encontrar cifosis rígida provocada por la posición forzada del ciclista sobre su bicicleta y la enfermedad de Ledderhose que presenta pie cavo provocado por microtraumatismos repetidos del pie, que ocasionan una retracción de la aponeuros…
  2. «La pérdida de altura puede indicar fractura vertebral por compresión, lo que se observa en muchos pacientes sin traumatismos ni otros precipitantes agudos. La cifosis dorsal con lordosis lumbar exagerada («joroba de viuda») puede deberse a múltiples fracturas por compresión. En algunos pacientes con fracturas, el dolor puede ser agudo e intenso, y ceder…

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cifosis"?
"cifosis" is spelled C-I-F-O-S-I-S. The IPA pronunciation is [siˈfosis].
What does "cifosis" mean?
As a noun, "cifosis" means: Encorvadura defectuosa de la espina dorsal, de convexidad posterior.
How do you pronounce "cifosis"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cifosis" is [siˈfosis]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cifosis" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list