ictus
[ˈikt̪us]
The verdict
“ictus” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #56,385 among 3,428 “I” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #56,385
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3,428
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Condición patológica en la que se presenta muerte celular causada por un flujo sanguineo insuficiente en el cerebro, consecuencia de la interrupción repentina del flujo sanguíneo a una zona del cer...
Corpus desk
Index ES-ictus · ictus · Spanish
ictus · rank #56,385 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #56,385
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,428
- PHOTO-FINISH huacho
Nearest frequency peer: huacho (-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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “ictus”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- honorabilid…
honorabilidad
43,620 corpus weight
- horroriza
horroriza
43,618 corpus weight
- huacho
huacho
43,617 corpus weight
- ictus
ictus
43,616 corpus weight
- igualitarios
igualitarios
43,615 corpus weight
- ilusionar
ilusionar
43,613 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “ictus” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ictus |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈikt̪us] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #56,385 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “ictus” en español
Rare enough to double-check
ictus is uncommon Spanish at frequency #56,385 among 3,428 “I” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈikt̪us]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Condición patológica en la que se presenta muerte celular causada por un flujo sanguineo insuficiente en el cerebro, consecuencia de la interrupción repentina del flujo sanguíneo a una zona del cer...".
Zero misspellings are on record for ictus in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is ictus, spelled I-C-T-U-S.
Definition
- 1Condición patológica en la que se presenta muerte celular causada por un flujo sanguineo insuficiente en el cerebro, consecuencia de la interrupción repentina del flujo sanguíneo a una zona del cerebro o de la rotura de una arteria o vena cerebral.
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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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