intercostales

[ĩn̪t̪eɾkosˈt̪ales]

/[ĩn̪t̪eɾkosˈt̪ales]/ adj

The verdict

“intercostales” is outside the top-ranked Spanish vocabulary, used as an adjective - the kind of word writers most often double-check.

Unranked
below top-frequency Spanish
13
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Forma del plural de intercostal.

Key facts for intercostales
PropertyValue
Headwordintercostales
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ĩn̪t̪eɾkosˈt̪ales]
Letters13
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “intercostales” sits in Spanish frequency

intercostales falls outside the top-100,000 ranked Spanish words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for intercostales is 13 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ĩn̪t̪eɾkosˈt̪ales]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Forma del plural de intercostal.".

No misspelling variants are generated for intercostales in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

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

Definition

  1. 1
    Forma del plural de intercostal.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "intercostales"?
"intercostales" is spelled I-N-T-E-R-C-O-S-T-A-L-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ĩn̪t̪eɾkosˈt̪ales].
What does "intercostales" mean?
As an adjective, "intercostales" means: Forma del plural de intercostal.
How do you pronounce "intercostales"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "intercostales" is [ĩn̪t̪eɾkosˈt̪ales]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "intercostales" come from?
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Using “intercostales”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Spanish spelling is I-N-T-E-R-C-O-S-T-A-L-E-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [ĩn̪t̪eɾkosˈt̪ales] (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.

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