dextrosa
[d̪eksˈt̪ɾosa]
The verdict
“dextrosa” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #96,216 among 90,663 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #96,216
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 90,663
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Azúcar del grupo de los monosacáridos con la fórmula molecular C₆H₁₂O₆ y que es una fuente de energía importante en los procesos metabólicos celulares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dextrosa |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [d̪eksˈt̪ɾosa] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #96,216 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “dextrosa” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
dextrosa is uncommon Spanish at frequency #96,216 among 90,663 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [d̪eksˈt̪ɾosa]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Azúcar del grupo de los monosacáridos con la fórmula molecular C₆H₁₂O₆ y que es una fuente de energía importante en los procesos metabólicos celulares.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for dextrosa, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is dextrosa, spelled D-E-X-T-R-O-S-A.
Definition
- 1Azúcar del grupo de los monosacáridos con la fórmula molecular C₆H₁₂O₆ y que es una fuente de energía importante en los procesos metabólicos celulares.
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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 “dextrosa”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is D-E-X-T-R-O-S-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [d̪eksˈt̪ɾosa] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.