microbiología
[mikɾoβ̞joloˈxia]
The verdict
“microbiología” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #40,397 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #40,397
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 13
- letters
- 19
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Ciencia encargada del estudio y el análisis de los microorganismos o microbios.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | microbiología |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [mikɾoβ̞joloˈxia] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #40,397 |
| Misspellings tracked | 19 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “microbiología” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for microbiología is 13 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [mikɾoβ̞joloˈxia]. Corpus data places it at rank #40,397 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Ciencia encargada del estudio y el análisis de los microorganismos o microbios.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 19 likely wrong-spelling variants for microbiología, with forms such as "imcrobiología", "mcirobiología", and "miccrobiología". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is microbiología, spelled M-I-C-R-O-B-I-O-L-O-G-Í-A.
Definition
- 1Ciencia encargada del estudio y el análisis de los microorganismos o microbios.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: imcrobiología,mcirobiología,miccrobiología,micorbiología,micrboiología,microbbiología,microbiloogía,microbiolgoía,microbiollogía,microbiologaí,microbiologgía,microbioloíga,microbioolgía,microboilogía,microibología,microviología,micrrobiología,mircobiología,mmicrobiología
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of microbiología - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 “microbiología”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is M-I-C-R-O-B-I-O-L-O-G-Í-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [mikɾoβ̞joloˈxia] (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.