nicotina
[nikoˈt̪ina]
The verdict
“nicotina” has 11 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #28,087. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #28,087
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7,828
- “N” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - (C₁₀H₁₄N₂) Alcaloide encontrado comúnmente en la planta del tabaco, de olor acre. En pequeñas dosis es un estimulante adictivo, en grandes dosis es tóxico y es utilizado a menudo en insecticidas.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | nicotina |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [nikoˈt̪ina] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #28,087 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “nicotina” sits in Spanish frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around nicotina (IPA [nikoˈt̪ina]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #28,087 among 7,828 “N” headwords. Dominant gloss: "(C₁₀H₁₄N₂) Alcaloide encontrado comúnmente en la planta del tabaco, de olor acre. En pequeñas dosis es un estimulante adictivo, en grandes dosis es tóxico y es utilizado a menudo en insecticidas.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for nicotina, with forms such as "incotina", "nciotina", and "niccotina". 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.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is nicotina, spelled N-I-C-O-T-I-N-A.
Definition
- 1(C₁₀H₁₄N₂) Alcaloide encontrado comúnmente en la planta del tabaco, de olor acre. En pequeñas dosis es un estimulante adictivo, en grandes dosis es tóxico y es utilizado a menudo en insecticidas.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- incotina
- nciotina
- niccotina
- nicoitna
- nicotian
- nicotinna
- nicotnia
- nicottina
- nictoina
- nioctina
- nnicotina
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of nicotina - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “nicotina”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is N-I-C-O-T-I-N-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [nikoˈt̪ina] (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.