clínica

/[ˈklinika]/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#4,142

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

13

similar word pairs

clínica is aSpanishnoun. It means: Parte de la medicina que enseña a observar y curar las enfermedades a la cabecera de los enfermos. Pronounced [ˈklinika]. It ranks #4,142 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with cónica and crítica.

Key facts for clínica
PropertyValue
Headwordclínica
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈklinika]
Letters7
Frequency rank#4,142
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs13
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for clínica is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈklinika]. Corpus data places it at rank #4,142 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for clínica, with forms such as "cclínica", "cllínica", and "clníica". 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 also participates in 13 confusable-pair relationships, "cónica", "crítica", "crónica", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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 clínica, spelled C-L-Í-N-I-C-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Parte de la medicina que enseña a observar y curar las enfermedades a la cabecera de los enfermos.
  2. 2
    Estudio que se hace a la cabecera del enfermo, a fin de poner en práctica las teorías de la facultad.
  3. 3
    Establecimiento médico privado, de menores dimensiones que un hospital.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: cclínica,cllínica,clníica,clíinca,clíncia,clíniac,clínicca,clínnica,cílnica,lcínica

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for clínica

Misspelling Variants of "clínica"

cclínica8cllínica8clníica7clíinca7clíncia7clíniac7clínicca8clínnica8
Misspelling Variants of "clínica"

Frequency rank: #4,142 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "clínica"?
"clínica" is spelled C-L-Í-N-I-C-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈklinika].
What does "clínica" mean?
As a noun, "clínica" means: Parte de la medicina que enseña a observar y curar las enfermedades a la cabecera de los enfermos.
What words are commonly confused with "clínica"?
"clínica" is commonly confused with "cónica", "crítica", "crónica". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "clínica"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "clínica" is [ˈklinika]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "clínica" come from?
"clínica" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.