estricnina

Name: estricnina, Spanish Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
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[est̪ɾikˈnina]

/[est̪ɾikˈnina]/ noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed May 6, 2026

The verdict

“estricnina” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #89,861 among 101,141 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#89,861
frequency rank, Spanish: 101,141
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Alcaloide que se extrae de determinados órganos de algunos vegetales, como la nuez vómica y el haba de San Ignacio (Strychnos ignatii), y es un veneno muy tóxico.

Key facts for estricnina
Property	Value
Headword	estricnina
Language	Spanish
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	[est̪ɾikˈnina]
Letters	10
Frequency rank	#89,861
Misspellings tracked	0
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “estricnina” sits in Spanish frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). estricnina lands here:

#89,861

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

estricnina is uncommon Spanish at frequency #89,861 among 101,141 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [est̪ɾikˈnina]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Alcaloide que se extrae de determinados órganos de algunos vegetales, como la nuez vómica y el haba de San Ignacio (Strychnos ignatii), y es un veneno muy tóxico.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for estricnina in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is estricnina, spelled E-S-T-R-I-C-N-I-N-A.

Definition

1
Alcaloide que se extrae de determinados órganos de algunos vegetales, como la nuez vómica y el haba de San Ignacio (Strychnos ignatii), y es un veneno muy tóxico.

This word in other languages

Strychnin(Deutsch)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "estricnina"?

"estricnina" is spelled E-S-T-R-I-C-N-I-N-A. The IPA pronunciation is [est̪ɾikˈnina].

What does "estricnina" mean?

As a noun, "estricnina" means: Alcaloide que se extrae de determinados órganos de algunos vegetales, como la nuez vómica y el haba de San Ignacio (Strychnos ignatii), y es un veneno muy tóxico.

How do you pronounce "estricnina"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "estricnina" is [est̪ɾikˈnina]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "estricnina" come from?

"estricnina" 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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Using “estricnina”

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

The one correct Spanish spelling is E-S-T-R-I-C-N-I-N-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.