geriatría
[xeɾjaˈt̪ɾia]
The verdict
“geriatría” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #88,901 among 17,549 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #88,901
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 17,549
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Especialidad en medicina que se ocupa de los trastornos propios de la vejez.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | geriatría |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [xeɾjaˈt̪ɾia] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #88,901 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “geriatría” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
geriatría is uncommon Spanish at frequency #88,901 among 17,549 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [xeɾjaˈt̪ɾia]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Especialidad en medicina que se ocupa de los trastornos propios de la vejez.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for geriatría, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. 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.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is geriatría, spelled G-E-R-I-A-T-R-Í-A.
Definition
- 1Especialidad en medicina que se ocupa de los trastornos propios de la vejez.
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 “geriatría”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is G-E-R-I-A-T-R-Í-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [xeɾjaˈt̪ɾia] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.