etología
[et̪oloˈxia]
The verdict
“etología” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #98,420 among 5,243 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #98,420
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 5,243
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ciencia que estudia el comportamiento de los animales.
Corpus desk
Index ES-etologia · etología · Spanish
etología · rank #98,420 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #98,420
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,243
- PHOTO-FINISH evapotranspir…
Nearest frequency peer: evapotranspiración (+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 “etología”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- espiración
espiración
1,585 corpus weight
- esqueléticas
esqueléticas
1,584 corpus weight
- estriadas
estriadas
1,583 corpus weight
- etología
etología
1,581 corpus weight
- evapotransp…
evapotranspiración
1,580 corpus weight
- evolucionad…
evolucionadas
1,579 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “etología” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | etología |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [et̪oloˈxia] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #98,420 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “etología” en español
Rare enough to double-check
etología is uncommon Spanish at frequency #98,420 among 5,243 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [et̪oloˈxia]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for etología in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is etología, spelled E-T-O-L-O-G-Í-A.
Definition
- 1Ciencia que estudia el comportamiento de los animales.
- 2Enfermedad o patología del comportamiento de los animales.
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); 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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