intermaxilar

[ĩn̪t̪eɾmaksiˈlaɾ]

/[ĩn̪t̪eɾmaksiˈlaɾ]/ adj

The verdict

“intermaxilar” 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
12
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Que está entre los huesos mandibulares o maxilares (los que forman la boca de los vertebrados, en los cuales están los dientes).

Key facts for intermaxilar
PropertyValue
Headwordintermaxilar
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ĩn̪t̪eɾmaksiˈlaɾ]
Letters12
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “intermaxilar” sits in Spanish frequency

intermaxilar 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 intermaxilar is 12 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ĩn̪t̪eɾmaksiˈlaɾ]. 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: "Que está entre los huesos mandibulares o maxilares (los que forman la boca de los vertebrados, en los cuales están los dientes).".

No misspelling variants are generated for intermaxilar 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 intermaxilar, spelled I-N-T-E-R-M-A-X-I-L-A-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Que está entre los huesos mandibulares o maxilares (los que forman la boca de los vertebrados, en los cuales están los dientes).

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 "intermaxilar"?
"intermaxilar" is spelled I-N-T-E-R-M-A-X-I-L-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ĩn̪t̪eɾmaksiˈlaɾ].
What does "intermaxilar" mean?
As an adjective, "intermaxilar" means: Que está entre los huesos mandibulares o maxilares (los que forman la boca de los vertebrados, en los cuales están los dientes).
How do you pronounce "intermaxilar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "intermaxilar" is [ĩn̪t̪eɾmaksiˈlaɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "intermaxilar" come from?
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Using “intermaxilar”

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

  • The one correct Spanish spelling is I-N-T-E-R-M-A-X-I-L-A-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [ĩn̪t̪eɾmaksiˈlaɾ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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