gingivitis
[xĩŋxiˈβ̞it̪is]
The verdict
“gingivitis” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Enfermedad bucal bacteriana que provoca inflamación y sangrado de las encías, causada por los restos alimenticios que quedan atrapados entre los dientes. Es muy frecuente que su origen sea causado ...
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Index ES-gingivitis · gingivitis · Spanish
gingivitis · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "G" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gingivitis |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [xĩŋxiˈβ̞it̪is] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “gingivitis” en español
Rare enough to double-check
gingivitis is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [xĩŋxiˈβ̞it̪is]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Enfermedad bucal bacteriana que provoca inflamación y sangrado de las encías, causada por los restos alimenticios que quedan atrapados entre los dientes. Es muy frecuente que su origen sea causado ...".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for gingivitis, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is gingivitis, spelled G-I-N-G-I-V-I-T-I-S.
Definition
- 1Enfermedad bucal bacteriana que provoca inflamación y sangrado de las encías, causada por los restos alimenticios que quedan atrapados entre los dientes. Es muy frecuente que su origen sea causado por el crecimiento de las muelas del juicio, que produce una concavidad, que es donde se deposita el agente patógeno o bacteria. Esta enfermedad se puede desarrollar después de tres días de no realizar la higiene oral (cepillado de dientes y lengua).
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.