intestino delgado
[ĩn̪t̪esˈt̪ino ð̞elˈɣ̞að̞o]
The verdict
“intestino delgado” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 17
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Parte del tubo digestivo con una forma de manguera que da varias vueltas; que sigue al estómago y termina en el ciego. En el ser humano mide cinco o seis metros. Su función es terminar la degradaci...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | intestino delgado |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [ĩn̪t̪esˈt̪ino ð̞elˈɣ̞að̞o] |
| Letters | 17 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “intestino delgado” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
intestino delgado is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed [ĩn̪t̪esˈt̪ino ð̞elˈɣ̞að̞o]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Parte del tubo digestivo con una forma de manguera que da varias vueltas; que sigue al estómago y termina en el ciego. En el ser humano mide cinco o seis metros. Su función es terminar la degradaci...".
No generated misspelling entries exist for intestino delgado in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. 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.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is intestino delgado, spelled I-N-T-E-S-T-I-N-O- -D-E-L-G-A-D-O.
Definition
- 1Parte del tubo digestivo con una forma de manguera que da varias vueltas; que sigue al estómago y termina en el ciego. En el ser humano mide cinco o seis metros. Su función es terminar la degradación de los alimentos a moléculas (monosacáridos, ácidos grasos, triglicéridos, aminoácidos) que son absorbidas por la pared intestinal.
This word in other languages
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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Using “intestino delgado”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is I-N-T-E-S-T-I-N-O- -D-E-L-G-A-D-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ĩn̪t̪esˈt̪ino ð̞elˈɣ̞að̞o] (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.