intestino grueso

[ĩn̪t̪esˈt̪ino ˈɣ̞ɾweso]

/[ĩn̪t̪esˈt̪ino ˈɣ̞ɾweso]/ phrase

The verdict

“intestino grueso” is outside the top-ranked Spanish vocabulary, used as a phrase - the kind of word writers most often double-check.

Unranked
below top-frequency Spanish
16
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) — Parte del intestino que viene después del intestino delgado, rodeándolo, y conectándose con este por medio de la válvula ileocecal. En el hombre mide 10 cm de grueso y un metro y medio de largo. Se...

Key facts for intestino grueso
PropertyValue
Headwordintestino grueso
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechPhrase
IPA[ĩn̪t̪esˈt̪ino ˈɣ̞ɾweso]
Letters16
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “intestino grueso” sits in Spanish frequency

intestino grueso 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 intestino grueso is 16 letters long, classified as a phrase, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ĩn̪t̪esˈt̪ino ˈɣ̞ɾweso]. 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: "Parte del intestino que viene después del intestino delgado, rodeándolo, y conectándose con este por medio de la válvula ileocecal. En el hombre mide 10 cm de grueso y un metro y medio de largo. Se...".

No misspelling variants are generated for intestino grueso 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 intestino grueso, spelled I-N-T-E-S-T-I-N-O- -G-R-U-E-S-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Parte del intestino que viene después del intestino delgado, rodeándolo, y conectándose con este por medio de la válvula ileocecal. En el hombre mide 10 cm de grueso y un metro y medio de largo. Se compone del ciego, colon ascendente, colon transverso, colon descendente, colon sigmoide o sigma y recto.

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How do you spell "intestino grueso"?
"intestino grueso" is spelled I-N-T-E-S-T-I-N-O- -G-R-U-E-S-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ĩn̪t̪esˈt̪ino ˈɣ̞ɾweso].
What does "intestino grueso" mean?
As a phrase, "intestino grueso" means: Parte del intestino que viene después del intestino delgado, rodeándolo, y conectándose con este por medio de la válvula ileocecal. En el hombre mide 10 cm de grueso y un metro y medio de largo. Se...
How do you pronounce "intestino grueso"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "intestino grueso" is [ĩn̪t̪esˈt̪ino ˈɣ̞ɾweso]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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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- -G-R-U-E-S-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [ĩn̪t̪esˈt̪ino ˈɣ̞ɾweso] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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