glicerina
[gliseˈɾina]
The verdict
“glicerina” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #52,949 among 1,728 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,949
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 1,728
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Alcohol espeso y dulce, formado con tras grupos hidroxilos (C₃H₈O₃), que se obtiene de la degradación digestiva de los lípidos. Usado en farmacia, en perfumería y para preparar la nitroglicerina.
Corpus desk
Index ES-glicerina · glicerina · Spanish
glicerina · rank #52,949 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #52,949
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,728
- PHOTO-FINISH gravitación
Nearest frequency peer: gravitación (+2 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 “glicerina”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- fílmico
fílmico
47,057 corpus weight
- gall
gall
47,056 corpus weight
- glicerina
glicerina
47,052 corpus weight
- gravitación
gravitación
47,050 corpus weight
- groseras
groseras
47,049 corpus weight
- gruñido
gruñido
47,048 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “glicerina” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | glicerina |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [gliseˈɾina] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #52,949 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “glicerina” en español
Rare enough to double-check
glicerina is uncommon Spanish at frequency #52,949 among 1,728 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [gliseˈɾina]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Alcohol espeso y dulce, formado con tras grupos hidroxilos (C₃H₈O₃), que se obtiene de la degradación digestiva de los lípidos. Usado en farmacia, en perfumería y para preparar la nitroglicerina.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for glicerina in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
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 glicerina, spelled G-L-I-C-E-R-I-N-A.
Definition
- 1Alcohol espeso y dulce, formado con tras grupos hidroxilos (C₃H₈O₃), que se obtiene de la degradación digestiva de los lípidos. Usado en farmacia, en perfumería y para preparar la nitroglicerina.
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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