neumonitis
[newmoˈnit̪is]
The verdict
“neumonitis” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Inflamación severa de parte o de todo un pulmón, incluso de ambos pulmones, ocasionada por virus, bacterias o u micoplasma. La neumonitis viral es de menor gravedad y suele darse en niños. Más grav...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | neumonitis |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [newmoˈnit̪is] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “neumonitis” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
neumonitis is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [newmoˈnit̪is]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Inflamación severa de parte o de todo un pulmón, incluso de ambos pulmones, ocasionada por virus, bacterias o u micoplasma. La neumonitis viral es de menor gravedad y suele darse en niños. Más grav...".
neumonitis doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is neumonitis, spelled N-E-U-M-O-N-I-T-I-S.
Definition
- 1Inflamación severa de parte o de todo un pulmón, incluso de ambos pulmones, ocasionada por virus, bacterias o u micoplasma. La neumonitis viral es de menor gravedad y suele darse en niños. Más graves son las neumonitis bacterianas, que en los ancianos e inmunodeprimidos suelen ser una complicación de un resfrío, gripe u otra enfermedad pulmonar; el agente patógeno más característico es el Streptococcus pneumoniae.
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.
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Using “neumonitis”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is N-E-U-M-O-N-I-T-I-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [newmoˈnit̪is] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.