clorofila

[kloɾoˈfila]

/[kloɾoˈfila]/ noun

The verdict

“clorofila” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #53,427 among 8,288 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#53,427
frequency rank, Spanish
8,288
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Familia de pigmentos que se encuentran en las cianobacterias y en todos aquellos organismos que contienen plastos en sus células, lo que incluye a las plantas y a los diversos grupos de protistas q...

Corpus desk

Index ES-clorofila · clorofila · Spanish

clorofila · rank #53,427 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #53,427
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,288
  • PHOTO-FINISH cocinada

Nearest frequency peer: cocinada (+1 rank slots)

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.

Rangos de cola larga cerca de “clorofila”

Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “clorofila” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for clorofila
PropertyValue
Headwordclorofila
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[kloɾoˈfila]
Letters9
Frequency rank#53,427
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “clorofila” en español

De izquierda a derecha: las pocas palabras que cargan el habla diaria, luego la cola larga casi invisible.clorofilacae en esta cola de rareza:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

La escala es logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× más rara). Vecinos raros de la misma franja: “cocinada” (#53,428), “clasificando” (#53,425), “cognición” (#53,429). Entre 8,288 lemas con “C”, “clorofila” va en #53,427. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

clorofila is uncommon Spanish at frequency #53,427 among 8,288 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [kloɾoˈfila]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Familia de pigmentos que se encuentran en las cianobacterias y en todos aquellos organismos que contienen plastos en sus células, lo que incluye a las plantas y a los diversos grupos de protistas q...".

No misspelling variants are generated for clorofila in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

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 clorofila, spelled C-L-O-R-O-F-I-L-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Familia de pigmentos que se encuentran en las cianobacterias y en todos aquellos organismos que contienen plastos en sus células, lo que incluye a las plantas y a los diversos grupos de protistas que son llamados algas. La función de las clorofilas es la absorción de energía luminosa en la variante de la fotosíntesis que llamamos fotosíntesis oxigénica, la que es característica de los organismos antes enumerados.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "clorofila"?
"clorofila" is spelled C-L-O-R-O-F-I-L-A. The IPA pronunciation is [kloɾoˈfila].
What does "clorofila" mean?
As a noun, "clorofila" means: Familia de pigmentos que se encuentran en las cianobacterias y en todos aquellos organismos que contienen plastos en sus células, lo que incluye a las plantas y a los diversos grupos de protistas q...
How do you pronounce "clorofila"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "clorofila" is [kloɾoˈfila]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "clorofila" come from?
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "clorofila", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list