flatulencia
[flat̪uˈlẽnsja]
The verdict
“flatulencia” is an uncommon Spanish word, ranked #76,340 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #76,340
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Evacuación por el ano de una acumulación de gases en el tubo digestivo, que produce un olor desagradable, pasajero y acompañado de un ruido característico.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | flatulencia |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [flat̪uˈlẽnsja] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #76,340 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “flatulencia” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for flatulencia is 11 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [flat̪uˈlẽnsja]. Corpus data places it at rank #76,340 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Evacuación por el ano de una acumulación de gases en el tubo digestivo, que produce un olor desagradable, pasajero y acompañado de un ruido característico.".
flatulencia doesn't appear in our generated misspelling 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, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is flatulencia, spelled F-L-A-T-U-L-E-N-C-I-A.
Definition
- 1Evacuación por el ano de una acumulación de gases en el tubo digestivo, que produce un olor desagradable, pasajero y acompañado de un ruido característico.
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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Using “flatulencia”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is F-L-A-T-U-L-E-N-C-I-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [flat̪uˈlẽnsja] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.