omeprazol
[omepɾaˈsol]
The verdict
“omeprazol” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #96,600 among 10,276 “O” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #96,600
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 10,276
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Medicamento inhibidor de la bomba de protones que actúa sobre las células de la mucosa gástrica, inhibiendo hasta un 80% la secreción de ácido clorhídrico (HCl), mediante la inhibición de la salida...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | omeprazol |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [omepɾaˈsol] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #96,600 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “omeprazol” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
omeprazol is uncommon Spanish at frequency #96,600 among 10,276 “O” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [omepɾaˈsol]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Medicamento inhibidor de la bomba de protones que actúa sobre las células de la mucosa gástrica, inhibiendo hasta un 80% la secreción de ácido clorhídrico (HCl), mediante la inhibición de la salida...".
Zero misspellings are on record for omeprazol in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is omeprazol, spelled O-M-E-P-R-A-Z-O-L.
Definition
- 1Medicamento inhibidor de la bomba de protones que actúa sobre las células de la mucosa gástrica, inhibiendo hasta un 80% la secreción de ácido clorhídrico (HCl), mediante la inhibición de la salida de protones en la bomba H+/K+- ATPasa de las células parietales de la pared gástrica.
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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The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is O-M-E-P-R-A-Z-O-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.