mitosis

[miˈt̪osis]

/[miˈt̪osis]/ noun

The verdict

“mitosis” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #70,461 among 3,868 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#70,461
frequency rank, Spanish
3,868
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - División celular que conserva la información genética de la célula original. Consta de cuatro fases llamadas: profase, metafase, anafase y telofase.

Corpus desk

Index ES-mitosis · mitosis · Spanish

mitosis · rank #70,461 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #70,461
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,868
  • PHOTO-FINISH mitocondrias

Nearest frequency peer: mitocondrias (-1 rank slots)

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.

Rangos de cola larga cerca de “mitosis”

Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “mitosis” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for mitosis
PropertyValue
Headwordmitosis
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[miˈt̪osis]
Letters7
Frequency rank#70,461
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “mitosis” en español

Esta escala corre desde el núcleo del español cotidiano (izquierda) hasta el rastro de formas rara vez usadas (derecha).mitosiscae en esta cola de rareza:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Los ticks avanzan en logaritmo; cada uno es del orden de diez veces más raro. Vecinos raros de la misma franja: “mitocondrias” (#70,460), “molero” (#70,463), “mimados” (#70,457). Entre 3,868 lemas con “M”, “mitosis” va en #70,461. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

mitosis is uncommon Spanish at frequency #70,461 among 3,868 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [miˈt̪osis]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "División celular que conserva la información genética de la célula original. Consta de cuatro fases llamadas: profase, metafase, anafase y telofase.".

No misspelling variants are generated for mitosis in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 mitosis, spelled M-I-T-O-S-I-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    División celular que conserva la información genética de la célula original. Consta de cuatro fases llamadas: profase, metafase, anafase y telofase.

Synonyms

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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "mitosis"?
"mitosis" is spelled M-I-T-O-S-I-S. The IPA pronunciation is [miˈt̪osis].
What does "mitosis" mean?
As a noun, "mitosis" means: División celular que conserva la información genética de la célula original. Consta de cuatro fases llamadas: profase, metafase, anafase y telofase.
How do you pronounce "mitosis"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "mitosis" is [miˈt̪osis]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "mitosis" come from?
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "mitosis", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list