flema
[ˈflema]
The verdict
“flema” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #51,608 among 2,333 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,608
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 2,333
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mucosidad producida en el aparato respiratorio de los mamíferos.
Corpus desk
Index ES-flema · flema · Spanish
flema · rank #51,608 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #51,608
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,333
- PHOTO-FINISH firmaste
Nearest frequency peer: firmaste (-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 “flema”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- fijaste
fijaste
48,396 corpus weight
- finura
finura
48,395 corpus weight
- firmaste
firmaste
48,394 corpus weight
- flema
flema
48,393 corpus weight
- floreciendo
floreciendo
48,392 corpus weight
- foie
foie
48,391 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “flema” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | flema |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈflema] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #51,608 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “flema” en español
Rare enough to double-check
flema is uncommon Spanish at frequency #51,608 among 2,333 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈflema]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
flema has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is flema, spelled F-L-E-M-A.
Definition
- 1Mucosidad producida en el aparato respiratorio de los mamíferos.
- 2Actitud impasible o apática, atribuida en la antigüedad a la abundancia de flema en el cuerpo.
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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