infarto

/[ĩɱˈfaɾt̪o]/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#10,156

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

8

similar word pairs

infarto is aSpanishnoun. It means: Muerte de un tejido o necrosis, por falta de irrigación sanguínea. Es la consecuencia de la obstrucción del o de los vasos sanguíneos que llevan sangre a ese lugar del cuerpo. Pronounced [ĩɱˈfaɾt̪o]. Often confused with innato and intacto.

Key facts for infarto
PropertyValue
Headwordinfarto
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ĩɱˈfaɾt̪o]
Letters7
Frequency rank#10,156
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for infarto is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ĩɱˈfaɾt̪o]. Corpus data places it at rank #10,156 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for infarto, with forms such as "ifnarto", "inafrto", and "infarot". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 8 confusable-pair relationships, "innato", "intacto", "informo", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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 infarto, spelled I-N-F-A-R-T-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Muerte de un tejido o necrosis, por falta de irrigación sanguínea. Es la consecuencia de la obstrucción del o de los vasos sanguíneos que llevan sangre a ese lugar del cuerpo.
  2. 2
    Por antonomasia, necrosis del músculo cardíaco.
  3. 3
    Hinchazón de un órgano con sus vasos conductores obstruidos.

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ifnarto,inafrto,infarot,infarrto,infartto,infatro,inffarto,infrato,innfarto,nifarto

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for infarto

Misspelling Variants of "infarto"

ifnarto7inafrto7infarot7infarrto8infartto8infatro7inffarto8infrato7
Misspelling Variants of "infarto"

Frequency rank: #10,156 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "infarto"?
"infarto" is spelled I-N-F-A-R-T-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ĩɱˈfaɾt̪o].
What does "infarto" mean?
As a noun, "infarto" means: Muerte de un tejido o necrosis, por falta de irrigación sanguínea. Es la consecuencia de la obstrucción del o de los vasos sanguíneos que llevan sangre a ese lugar del cuerpo.
What words are commonly confused with "infarto"?
"infarto" is commonly confused with "innato", "intacto", "informo". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "infarto"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "infarto" is [ĩɱˈfaɾt̪o]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "infarto" come from?
"infarto" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.