mefítico
[meˈfit̪iko]
The verdict
“mefítico” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Que puede causar daño al ser respirado, y especialmente cuando es fétido: gas mefítico.
Corpus desk
Index ES-mefitico · mefítico · Spanish
mefítico · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 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 | mefítico |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [meˈfit̪iko] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “mefítico” en español
Rare enough to double-check
mefítico is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [meˈfit̪iko]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Que puede causar daño al ser respirado, y especialmente cuando es fétido: gas mefítico.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for mefítico in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is mefítico, spelled M-E-F-Í-T-I-C-O.
Definition
- 1Que puede causar daño al ser respirado, y especialmente cuando es fétido: gas mefítico.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how mefítico appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
«Casi se sentía él mismo envilecido al complacerse en su ansia por descubrir los guiños de unos ojillos de alacrán, el hedor de un aliento mefítico, infeccioso, que correspondía al alma repulsiva de una mujer capaz de hundir la hoja de un cuchillo en los hígados de un semejante».
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.