oceanografía
[oseanoɣ̞ɾaˈfia]
The verdict
“oceanografía” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #60,213 among 10,276 “O” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #60,213
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 10,276
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Ciencia interdisciplinaria que tiene como objeto de estudio los procesos producidos en los océanos.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | oceanografía |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [oseanoɣ̞ɾaˈfia] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #60,213 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “oceanografía” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
oceanografía is uncommon Spanish at frequency #60,213 among 10,276 “O” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [oseanoɣ̞ɾaˈfia]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ciencia interdisciplinaria que tiene como objeto de estudio los procesos producidos en los océanos.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for oceanografía, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is oceanografía, spelled O-C-E-A-N-O-G-R-A-F-Í-A.
Definition
- 1Ciencia interdisciplinaria que tiene como objeto de estudio los procesos producidos en los océanos.
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 “oceanografía”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is O-C-E-A-N-O-G-R-A-F-Í-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [oseanoɣ̞ɾaˈfia] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.