enfermedad de Alzheimer

[ẽɱfeɾmeˈð̞að̞ d̪e alsˈxejmeɾ]

/[ẽɱfeɾmeˈð̞að̞ d̪e alsˈxejmeɾ]/ noun

The verdict

“enfermedad de Alzheimer” is outside the top-ranked Spanish vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.

Unranked
below top-frequency Spanish
23
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According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Trastorno degenerativo irreversible de la memoria, por la pérdida de las neuronas cerebrales, debido a una acumulación de la proteína amiloide. Su causa primaria es desconocida. La enfermedad condu...

Key facts for enfermedad de Alzheimer
PropertyValue
Headwordenfermedad de Alzheimer
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ẽɱfeɾmeˈð̞að̞ d̪e alsˈxejmeɾ]
Letters23
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “enfermedad de Alzheimer” sits in Spanish frequency

enfermedad de Alzheimer falls outside the top-100,000 ranked Spanish words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for enfermedad de Alzheimer is 23 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ẽɱfeɾmeˈð̞að̞ d̪e alsˈxejmeɾ]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Trastorno degenerativo irreversible de la memoria, por la pérdida de las neuronas cerebrales, debido a una acumulación de la proteína amiloide. Su causa primaria es desconocida. La enfermedad condu...".

No misspelling variants are generated for enfermedad de Alzheimer 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 enfermedad de Alzheimer, spelled E-N-F-E-R-M-E-D-A-D- -D-E- -A-L-Z-H-E-I-M-E-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Trastorno degenerativo irreversible de la memoria, por la pérdida de las neuronas cerebrales, debido a una acumulación de la proteína amiloide. Su causa primaria es desconocida. La enfermedad conduce a la muerte por el deterioro progresivo de las funciones motoras del cerebro.

Synonyms

alzhéimermal de Alzheimer

This word in other languages

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "enfermedad de Alzheimer"?
"enfermedad de Alzheimer" is spelled E-N-F-E-R-M-E-D-A-D- -D-E- -A-L-Z-H-E-I-M-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ẽɱfeɾmeˈð̞að̞ d̪e alsˈxejmeɾ].
What does "enfermedad de Alzheimer" mean?
As a noun, "enfermedad de Alzheimer" means: Trastorno degenerativo irreversible de la memoria, por la pérdida de las neuronas cerebrales, debido a una acumulación de la proteína amiloide. Su causa primaria es desconocida. La enfermedad condu...
How do you pronounce "enfermedad de Alzheimer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "enfermedad de Alzheimer" is [ẽɱfeɾmeˈð̞að̞ d̪e alsˈxejmeɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Using “enfermedad de Alzheimer”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Spanish spelling is E-N-F-E-R-M-E-D-A-D- -D-E- -A-L-Z-H-E-I-M-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [ẽɱfeɾmeˈð̞að̞ d̪e alsˈxejmeɾ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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