epizootia

[episoˈot̪ja]

/[episoˈot̪ja]/ noun

The verdict

“epizootia” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency Spanish
9
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - enfermedad contagiosa que ataca a un número inusual de animales al mismo tiempo y lugar y se propaga con rapidez. Su término equivalente en medicina es epidemia.

Corpus desk

Index ES-epizootia · epizootia · Spanish

epizootia · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "E" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Key facts for epizootia
PropertyValue
Headwordepizootia
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[episoˈot̪ja]
Letters9
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “epizootia” en español

epizootiano entra en el top 100.000 del español: zona de términos técnicos, arcaicos o escasos, el terreno típico de la doble comprobación.

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

Rare enough to double-check

epizootia is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [episoˈot̪ja]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

epizootia has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

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 epizootia, spelled E-P-I-Z-O-O-T-I-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    enfermedad contagiosa que ataca a un número inusual de animales al mismo tiempo y lugar y se propaga con rapidez. Su término equivalente en medicina es epidemia.
  2. 2
    Por antonomasia, enfermedad viral del ganado que causa fiebre, úlceras en la mucosa de la boca y vesículas en el espacio interdigital.

Synonyms

fiebre aftosa del ganadoglosopeda

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "epizootia"?
"epizootia" is spelled E-P-I-Z-O-O-T-I-A. The IPA pronunciation is [episoˈot̪ja].
What does "epizootia" mean?
As a noun, "epizootia" means: enfermedad contagiosa que ataca a un número inusual de animales al mismo tiempo y lugar y se propaga con rapidez. Su término equivalente en medicina es epidemia.
How do you pronounce "epizootia"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "epizootia" is [episoˈot̪ja]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "epizootia" come from?
"epizootia" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list