ictericia
[ikt̪eˈɾisja]
The verdict
“ictericia” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #52,970 among 3,428 “I” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,970
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3,428
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Coloración amarillenta de la piel y mucosas debida a un aumento de la bilirrubina en la sangre.
Corpus desk
Index ES-ictericia · ictericia · Spanish
ictericia · rank #52,970 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #52,970
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,428
- PHOTO-FINISH hospeda
Nearest frequency peer: hospeda (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “ictericia”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- hipotálamo
hipotálamo
47,035 corpus weight
- hospeda
hospeda
47,032 corpus weight
- ictericia
ictericia
47,031 corpus weight
- icónicos
icónicos
47,030 corpus weight
- igualan
igualan
47,028 corpus weight
- ilusiona
ilusiona
47,027 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “ictericia” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ictericia |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ikt̪eˈɾisja] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #52,970 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Dónde se sitúa “ictericia” en la frecuencia del español
Rare enough to double-check
ictericia is uncommon Spanish at frequency #52,970 among 3,428 “I” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ikt̪eˈɾisja]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
ictericia has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is ictericia, spelled I-C-T-E-R-I-C-I-A.
Definition
- 1Coloración amarillenta de la piel y mucosas debida a un aumento de la bilirrubina en la sangre.
- 2Coloración amarillenta anormal en las plantas debido a la disminución de la temperatura o al aumento de la humedad.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how ictericia appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Hacedor de Ictericia; su poder: dar a los hombres tumores, darles abscesos en las piernas y amarillearles el rostro, lo que se llama ictericia
Synonyms
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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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