nistagmo
[nisˈt̪aɣ̞mo]
The verdict
“nistagmo” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Movimiento involuntario e incontrolable de los ojos asociado a un mal funcionamiento en las áreas cerebrales que se encargan de controlar el movimiento.
Corpus desk
Index ES-nistagmo · nistagmo · Spanish
nistagmo · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "N" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | nistagmo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [nisˈt̪aɣ̞mo] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “nistagmo” en español
Rare enough to double-check
nistagmo is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [nisˈt̪aɣ̞mo]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Movimiento involuntario e incontrolable de los ojos asociado a un mal funcionamiento en las áreas cerebrales que se encargan de controlar el movimiento.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for nistagmo in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is nistagmo, spelled N-I-S-T-A-G-M-O.
Definition
- 1Movimiento involuntario e incontrolable de los ojos asociado a un mal funcionamiento en las áreas cerebrales que se encargan de controlar el movimiento.
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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.