espasmo
[esˈpasmo]
The verdict
“espasmo” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #57,028 among 5,243 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,028
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 5,243
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Persistencia de la contracción brusca e involuntaria de un grupo muscular o de la fibra lisa de un órgano hueco. Puede producirse en las vísceras (esófago, estómago, intestino, bronquios, útero).
Corpus desk
Index ES-espasmo · espasmo · Spanish
espasmo · rank #57,028 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #57,028
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,243
- PHOTO-FINISH espurio
Nearest frequency peer: espurio (+1 rank slots)
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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “espasmo”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- escalador
escalador
42,977 corpus weight
- espasmo
espasmo
42,973 corpus weight
- espurio
espurio
42,972 corpus weight
- esquiadores
esquiadores
42,971 corpus weight
- estallara
estallara
42,970 corpus weight
- estandarizar
estandarizar
42,969 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “espasmo” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | espasmo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [esˈpasmo] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #57,028 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “espasmo” en español
Rare enough to double-check
espasmo is uncommon Spanish at frequency #57,028 among 5,243 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [esˈpasmo]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for espasmo in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is espasmo, spelled E-S-P-A-S-M-O.
Definition
- 1Persistencia de la contracción brusca e involuntaria de un grupo muscular o de la fibra lisa de un órgano hueco. Puede producirse en las vísceras (esófago, estómago, intestino, bronquios, útero).
- 2Enfermedad viral benigna causada generalmente por la exposición al frío, cuyos síntomas más comunes son fiebre leve, estornudos y congestión nasal.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how espasmo appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
«¡A todo! Estaba dispuesta a todo, y a no tener piedad, ni caer en indulgencias de ninguna especie. Oleadas de furor la acometían por momentos con tanta violencia que la garganta se le apretaba en un espasmo doloroso…».
Synonyms
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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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