leptospirosis
[lept̪ospiˈɾosis]
The verdict
“leptospirosis” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #96,476 among 17,327 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #96,476
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 17,327
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Enfermedad febril producida por la Leptospira interrogans, una bacteria del orden Spirochaetales, de la familia Leptospiraceae, que afecta a humanos y un amplio rango de animales, incluyendo a mamí...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | leptospirosis |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [lept̪ospiˈɾosis] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #96,476 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “leptospirosis” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
leptospirosis is uncommon Spanish at frequency #96,476 among 17,327 “L” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [lept̪ospiˈɾosis]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Enfermedad febril producida por la Leptospira interrogans, una bacteria del orden Spirochaetales, de la familia Leptospiraceae, que afecta a humanos y un amplio rango de animales, incluyendo a mamí...".
Zero misspellings are on record for leptospirosis in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is leptospirosis, spelled L-E-P-T-O-S-P-I-R-O-S-I-S.
Definition
- 1Enfermedad febril producida por la Leptospira interrogans, una bacteria del orden Spirochaetales, de la familia Leptospiraceae, que afecta a humanos y un amplio rango de animales, incluyendo a mamíferos, aves, anfibios, y reptiles. Los principales síntomas en la mayoría de los casos son fiebre, cefalea, dolores musculares, articulares y óseos, ictericia, insuficiencia renal, hemorragias y afectación de las meninges. Es una enfermedad zoonótica, manifestándose principalmente en épocas de lluvias e inundaciones y de amplia distribución mundial.
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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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Using “leptospirosis”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is L-E-P-T-O-S-P-I-R-O-S-I-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [lept̪ospiˈɾosis] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.