meiosis
[meˈjosis]
The verdict
“meiosis” 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 May 6, 2026) - División celular compleja, propia de los eucariontes, que conduce a la producción de cuatro gametos, los cuales son células que tienen un número de cromosomas igual a la mitad del que tiene el rest...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | meiosis |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [meˈjosis] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “meiosis” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
meiosis is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [meˈjosis]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "División celular compleja, propia de los eucariontes, que conduce a la producción de cuatro gametos, los cuales son células que tienen un número de cromosomas igual a la mitad del que tiene el rest...".
No generated misspelling entries exist for meiosis in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 meiosis, spelled M-E-I-O-S-I-S.
Definition
- 1División celular compleja, propia de los eucariontes, que conduce a la producción de cuatro gametos, los cuales son células que tienen un número de cromosomas igual a la mitad del que tiene el resto de las células del individuo.
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 “meiosis”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is M-E-I-O-S-I-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [meˈjosis] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.