colágeno

/[koˈlaxeno]/ noun

The verdict

“colágeno” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #41,804 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.

#41,804
frequency rank, Spanish
8
letters
11
tracked misspellings

Dominant Wiktionary sense: Proteína estructural de la matriz extracelular que se encuentra en tejidos conectivos. Es la más abundante en el cuerpo de los animales y desempeña un papel en la formación de diversos tejidos, inc...

Key facts for colágeno
PropertyValue
Headwordcolágeno
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[koˈlaxeno]
Letters8
Frequency rank#41,804
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “colágeno” sits in Spanish frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). colágeno lands here:

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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for colágeno is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [koˈlaxeno]. Corpus data places it at rank #41,804 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Proteína estructural de la matriz extracelular que se encuentra en tejidos conectivos. Es la más abundante en el cuerpo de los animales y desempeña un papel en la formación de diversos tejidos, inc...".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for colágeno, with forms such as "ccolágeno", "cloágeno", and "colgáeno". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. 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.

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 colágeno, spelled C-O-L-Á-G-E-N-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Proteína estructural de la matriz extracelular que se encuentra en tejidos conectivos. Es la más abundante en el cuerpo de los animales y desempeña un papel en la formación de diversos tejidos, incluyendo tendones, ligamentos, piel, córnea y huesos.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ccolágeno,cloágeno,colgáeno,collágeno,coláegno,colágenno,colágeon,colággeno,colágneo,coálgeno,oclágeno

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of colágeno — measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

Edit distance from "colágeno"

ccolágeno1cloágeno2colgáeno2collágeno1coláegno2colágenno1colágeon2colággeno1
Edit distance from "colágeno"

Frequency rank: #41,804 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "colágeno"?
"colágeno" is spelled C-O-L-Á-G-E-N-O. The IPA pronunciation is [koˈlaxeno].
What does "colágeno" mean?
As a noun, "colágeno" means: Proteína estructural de la matriz extracelular que se encuentra en tejidos conectivos. Es la más abundante en el cuerpo de los animales y desempeña un papel en la formación de diversos tejidos, inc...
What are common misspellings of "colágeno"?
Common misspellings include "ccolágeno", "cloágeno", "colgáeno", "collágeno", "coláegno". The correct spelling is "colágeno".
How do you pronounce "colágeno"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "colágeno" is [koˈlaxeno]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "colágeno" come from?
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Using “colágeno”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Spanish spelling is C-O-L-Á-G-E-N-O — every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [koˈlaxeno] (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

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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.