nocebo
[noˈseβ̞o]
The verdict
“nocebo” is outside the top-ranked Spanish vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 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...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | nocebo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [noˈseβ̞o] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “nocebo” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for nocebo is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [noˈseβ̞o]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "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.
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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.
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Using “nocebo”
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- The one correct Spanish spelling is N-O-C-E-B-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.