electroforesis
[elekt̪ɾofoˈɾesis]
The verdict
“electroforesis” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #98,374 among 101,141 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #98,374
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 101,141
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Es el más conocido de los cuatro fenómenos electrocinéticos. Es el movimiento de partículas cargadas dentro de un medio de soporte (líquido, gel, papel, etc.) debido a la aplicación de un campo elé...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | electroforesis |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [elekt̪ɾofoˈɾesis] |
| Letters | 14 |
| Frequency rank | #98,374 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “electroforesis” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
electroforesis is uncommon Spanish at frequency #98,374 among 101,141 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [elekt̪ɾofoˈɾesis]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
electroforesis has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is electroforesis, spelled E-L-E-C-T-R-O-F-O-R-E-S-I-S.
Definition
- 1Es el más conocido de los cuatro fenómenos electrocinéticos. Es el movimiento de partículas cargadas dentro de un medio de soporte (líquido, gel, papel, etc.) debido a la aplicación de un campo eléctrico.
- 2Técnica de separación de sustancias, principalmente proteínas, basado en el movimiento de los componentes en un coloide bajo el influjo de un campo eléctrico.
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 “electroforesis”
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-F-O-R-E-S-I-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [elekt̪ɾofoˈɾesis] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.