geriatría
[xeɾjaˈt̪ɾia]
The verdict
“geriatría” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #88,901 among 1,728 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #88,901
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 1,728
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Especialidad en medicina que se ocupa de los trastornos propios de la vejez.
Corpus desk
Index ES-geriatria · geriatría · Spanish
geriatría · rank #88,901 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #88,901
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,728
- PHOTO-FINISH genre
Nearest frequency peer: genre (-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 “geriatría”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- Genovese
Genovese
11,102 corpus weight
- genre
genre
11,101 corpus weight
- geriatría
geriatría
11,100 corpus weight
- gimnástico
gimnástico
11,099 corpus weight
- Giordani
Giordani
11,098 corpus weight
- globito
globito
11,097 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “geriatría” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| 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) |
Cola larga: rango de “geriatría” en español
Rare enough to double-check
geriatría is uncommon Spanish at frequency #88,901 among 1,728 “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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