crisis

/[ˈkɾisis]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#843

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

9

similar word pairs

crisis is aSpanishnoun. It means: Mutación considerable que acaece en una enfermedad, ya sea para mejorarse o para agravarse más el enfermo. Pronounced [ˈkɾisis]. It ranks #843 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with cross and Cristo.

Key facts for crisis
PropertyValue
Headwordcrisis
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈkɾisis]
Letters6
Frequency rank#843
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for crisis is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈkɾisis]. Corpus data places it at rank #843 in overall Spanish word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.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 crisis, with forms such as "ccrisis", "cirsis", and "cricis". 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 9 confusable-pair relationships, "cross", "Cristo", "crisol", 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 crisis, spelled C-R-I-S-I-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Mutación considerable que acaece en una enfermedad, ya sea para mejorarse o para agravarse más el enfermo.
  2. 2
    Por extensión, momento decisivo de un negocio grave y de consecuencias importantes.
  3. 3
    Juicio que se hace de una cosa después de haberla examinado cuidadosamente.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ccrisis,cirsis,cricis,criiss,crisiss,crissi,crissis,crrisis,crsiis,rcisis

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for crisis

Misspelling Variants of "crisis"

ccrisis7cirsis6cricis6criiss6crisiss7crissi6crissis7crrisis7
Misspelling Variants of "crisis"

Frequency rank: #843 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "crisis"?
"crisis" is spelled C-R-I-S-I-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈkɾisis].
What does "crisis" mean?
As a noun, "crisis" means: Mutación considerable que acaece en una enfermedad, ya sea para mejorarse o para agravarse más el enfermo.
What words are commonly confused with "crisis"?
"crisis" is commonly confused with "cross", "Cristo", "crisol". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "crisis"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "crisis" is [ˈkɾisis]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "crisis" come from?
"crisis" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Spanish words

Other entries that begin with the letter C in our Spanish index:

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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.