ictus
[ˈikt̪us]
The verdict
“ictus” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #56,385 among 22,782 “I” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #56,385
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 22,782
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 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...
| 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) |
Where “ictus” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
ictus is uncommon Spanish at frequency #56,385 among 22,782 “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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Using “ictus”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is I-C-T-U-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈikt̪us] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.