homeostasis

/[omeosˈt̪asis]/ noun

Letters

11 characters

Frequency Rank

#78,293

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

homeostasis is aSpanishnoun. It means: Tendencia de un sistema, en especial del sistema fisiológico de los animales superiores, para mantener la estabilidad interna, que se logra con la respuesta coordinada de sus partes que ajustan sus... Pronounced [omeosˈt̪asis].

Key facts for homeostasis
PropertyValue
Headwordhomeostasis
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[omeosˈt̪asis]
Letters11
Frequency rank#78,293
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of homeostasis in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for homeostasis is 11 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [omeosˈt̪asis]. Corpus data places it at rank #78,293 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for homeostasis in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable Spanish patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our 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, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is homeostasis, spelled H-O-M-E-O-S-T-A-S-I-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Tendencia de un sistema, en especial del sistema fisiológico de los animales superiores, para mantener la estabilidad interna, que se logra con la respuesta coordinada de sus partes que ajustan sus funciones ante cualquier estimulo o situación que afecte las funciones o condiciones normales.
  2. 2
    Estado de equilibrio psicológico obtenido cuando una tensión o causa ha sido reducida o eliminada.

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This word in other languages

Frequency rank: #78,293 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "homeostasis"?
"homeostasis" is spelled H-O-M-E-O-S-T-A-S-I-S. The IPA pronunciation is [omeosˈt̪asis].
What does "homeostasis" mean?
As a noun, "homeostasis" means: Tendencia de un sistema, en especial del sistema fisiológico de los animales superiores, para mantener la estabilidad interna, que se logra con la respuesta coordinada de sus partes que ajustan sus...
How do you pronounce "homeostasis"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "homeostasis" is [omeosˈt̪asis]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "homeostasis" come from?
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.