meconio
[meˈkonjo]
The verdict
“meconio” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sustancia viscosa y espesa de color verde oscuro compuesta por células muertas y secreciones del estómago e hígado que reviste el intestino del recién nacido y se va formando en el periodo fetal. S...
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Index ES-meconio · meconio · Spanish
meconio · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "M" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | meconio |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [meˈkonjo] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “meconio” en español
Rare enough to double-check
meconio is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [meˈkonjo]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Sustancia viscosa y espesa de color verde oscuro compuesta por células muertas y secreciones del estómago e hígado que reviste el intestino del recién nacido y se va formando en el periodo fetal. S...".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for meconio, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. 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.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is meconio, spelled M-E-C-O-N-I-O.
Definition
- 1Sustancia viscosa y espesa de color verde oscuro compuesta por células muertas y secreciones del estómago e hígado que reviste el intestino del recién nacido y se va formando en el periodo fetal. Son las primeras heces fecales.
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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.