colesterol
[kolest̪eˈɾol]
The verdict
“colesterol” has 15 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #16,789. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #16,789
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 77,812
- “C” headwords
- 15
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Lipido de esterol sintetizado por el hígado y transportado en el torrente sanguíneo a las membranas de todas las células animales; desempeña un papel central en muchos procesos bioquímicos y, como ...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | colesterol |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kolest̪eˈɾol] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #16,789 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “colesterol” sits in Spanish frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 15 spelling variants around colesterol (IPA [kolest̪eˈɾol]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #16,789 among 77,812 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Lipido de esterol sintetizado por el hígado y transportado en el torrente sanguíneo a las membranas de todas las células animales; desempeña un papel central en muchos procesos bioquímicos y, como ...".
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for colesterol, with forms such as "ccolesterol", "cloesterol", and "coelsterol". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is colesterol, spelled C-O-L-E-S-T-E-R-O-L.
Definition
- 1Lipido de esterol sintetizado por el hígado y transportado en el torrente sanguíneo a las membranas de todas las células animales; desempeña un papel central en muchos procesos bioquímicos y, como una lipoproteína que recubre las paredes de los vasos sanguíneos, se asocia con enfermedades cardiovasculares.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ccolesterol
- cloesterol
- coelsterol
- colesetrol
- colessterol
- colesteorl
- colesterlo
- colesteroll
- colesterrol
- colestreol
- colestterol
- coletserol
- collesterol
- colseterol
- oclesterol
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of colesterol - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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.
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Using “colesterol”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is C-O-L-E-S-T-E-R-O-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [kolest̪eˈɾol] (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.