distrofia

/[d̪isˈt̪ɾofja]/ noun

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#68,508

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

distrofia is aSpanishnoun. It means: Degradación de los tejidos corporales, ora por motivos genéticos, ora por falencias nutritivas. Pronounced [d̪isˈt̪ɾofja].

Key facts for distrofia
PropertyValue
Headworddistrofia
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[d̪isˈt̪ɾofja]
Letters9
Frequency rank#68,508
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for distrofia is 9 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [d̪isˈt̪ɾofja]. Corpus data places it at rank #68,508 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Degradación de los tejidos corporales, ora por motivos genéticos, ora por falencias nutritivas.".

No misspelling variants are generated for distrofia in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns.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 distrofia, spelled D-I-S-T-R-O-F-I-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Degradación de los tejidos corporales, ora por motivos genéticos, ora por falencias nutritivas.

Frequency rank: #68,508 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "distrofia"?
"distrofia" is spelled D-I-S-T-R-O-F-I-A. The IPA pronunciation is [d̪isˈt̪ɾofja].
What does "distrofia" mean?
As a noun, "distrofia" means: Degradación de los tejidos corporales, ora por motivos genéticos, ora por falencias nutritivas.
How do you pronounce "distrofia"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "distrofia" is [d̪isˈt̪ɾofja]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "distrofia" come from?
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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.