infecto
[ĩɱˈfekt̪o]
The verdict
“infecto” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #70,355 among 3,428 “I” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #70,355
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3,428
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Variante de infectado.
Corpus desk
Index ES-infecto · infecto · Spanish
infecto · rank #70,355 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #70,355
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,428
- PHOTO-FINISH inflada
Nearest frequency peer: inflada (+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 “infecto”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- incurables
incurables
29,650 corpus weight
- Inde
Inde
29,649 corpus weight
- infecto
infecto
29,646 corpus weight
- inflada
inflada
29,645 corpus weight
- infrecuentes
infrecuentes
29,644 corpus weight
- ininteligib…
ininteligible
29,642 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “infecto” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | infecto |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ĩɱˈfekt̪o] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #70,355 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “infecto” en español
Rare enough to double-check
infecto is uncommon Spanish at frequency #70,355 among 3,428 “I” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ĩɱˈfekt̪o]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for infecto in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is infecto, spelled I-N-F-E-C-T-O.
Definition
- 1Variante de infectado.
- 2Inficionado, contagiado, pestilente, corrompido.
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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