iatrogénico

/[jat̪ɾoˈxeniko]/ adj

Letters

11 characters

Language

Spanish

word origin

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

iatrogénico is anSpanishadj. It means: Dicho de un síntoma, enfermedad o efecto adverso, producido involuntariamente por la aplicación de un tratamiento médico o por la residencia en un entorno hospitalario Pronounced [jat̪ɾoˈxeniko].

Key facts for iatrogénico
PropertyValue
Headwordiatrogénico
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdj
IPA[jat̪ɾoˈxeniko]
Letters11
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

iatrogénico is not present in the top-100,000 ranked Spanish corpus, typical for technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary.

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for iatrogénico is 11 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [jat̪ɾoˈxeniko]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Dicho de un síntoma, enfermedad o efecto adverso, producido involuntariamente por la aplicación de un tratamiento médico o por la residencia en un entorno hospitalario".

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for iatrogénico 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 iatrogénico, spelled I-A-T-R-O-G-É-N-I-C-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Dicho de un síntoma, enfermedad o efecto adverso, producido involuntariamente por la aplicación de un tratamiento médico o por la residencia en un entorno hospitalario

This word in other languages

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "iatrogénico"?
"iatrogénico" is spelled I-A-T-R-O-G-É-N-I-C-O. The IPA pronunciation is [jat̪ɾoˈxeniko].
What does "iatrogénico" mean?
As an adj, "iatrogénico" means: Dicho de un síntoma, enfermedad o efecto adverso, producido involuntariamente por la aplicación de un tratamiento médico o por la residencia en un entorno hospitalario
How do you pronounce "iatrogénico"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "iatrogénico" is [jat̪ɾoˈxeniko]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "iatrogénico" come from?
"iatrogénico" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Yes, PlainSpell is a completely free word reference. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, confusable pairs, homophones, and spelling corrections across 5 languages without any sign-up or subscription.

Nearby Spanish words

Other entries that begin with the letter I in our Spanish index:

Explore PlainSpell

Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.