nocebo
[noˈseβ̞o]
The verdict
“nocebo” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Substancia farmacológicamente inerte que, al administrarla a un sujeto -racional o irracional- quien por considerarla medicamento suscita en él reacciones perjudiciales, desagradables e indeseables...
Corpus desk
Index ES-nocebo · nocebo · Spanish
nocebo · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 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 | nocebo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [noˈseβ̞o] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
nocebo is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [noˈseβ̞o]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Substancia farmacológicamente inerte que, al administrarla a un sujeto -racional o irracional- quien por considerarla medicamento suscita en él reacciones perjudiciales, desagradables e indeseables...".
nocebo has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is nocebo, spelled N-O-C-E-B-O.
Definition
- 1Substancia farmacológicamente inerte que, al administrarla a un sujeto -racional o irracional- quien por considerarla medicamento suscita en él reacciones perjudiciales, desagradables e indeseables, como consecuencia de expectativas pesimistas al atribuirle esos efectos adversos.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how nocebo appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
En el lenguaje común, se utiliza de forma sinónima «placebo» y sustancia inactiva. Por ejemplo, el Diccionario de la Lengua Española de la Real Academia Española define placebo como «sustancia que, careciendo por sí misma de acción terapéutica, produce algún efecto curativo en el enfermo si este la recibe convencido de que esa sustancia posee realmente ta…
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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.