electrocardiograma
[elekt̪ɾokaɾð̞joˈɣ̞ɾama]
The verdict
“electrocardiograma” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #58,463 among 101,141 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,463
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 101,141
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Examen médico que se hace mediante electrodos que se ponen en la piel, y cuyo resultado es un gráfico con la actividad eléctrica del corazón.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | electrocardiograma |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [elekt̪ɾokaɾð̞joˈɣ̞ɾama] |
| Letters | 18 |
| Frequency rank | #58,463 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “electrocardiograma” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
electrocardiograma is uncommon Spanish at frequency #58,463 among 101,141 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [elekt̪ɾokaɾð̞joˈɣ̞ɾama]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for electrocardiograma, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is electrocardiograma, spelled E-L-E-C-T-R-O-C-A-R-D-I-O-G-R-A-M-A.
Definition
- 1Examen médico que se hace mediante electrodos que se ponen en la piel, y cuyo resultado es un gráfico con la actividad eléctrica del corazón.
- 2Este gráfico que representa la actividad eléctrica del corazón, efectuado por el electrocardiógrafo.
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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The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is E-L-E-C-T-R-O-C-A-R-D-I-O-G-R-A-M-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.