oxitocina
[oksit̪oˈsina]
The verdict
“oxitocina” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #65,586 among 10,276 “O” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,586
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 10,276
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Hormona cuya función más conocida es la estimulación de las contracciones uterinas durante el parto y la liberación de leche durante la lactancia, se produce por los núcleos supraóptico y paraventr...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | oxitocina |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [oksit̪oˈsina] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #65,586 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “oxitocina” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
oxitocina is uncommon Spanish at frequency #65,586 among 10,276 “O” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [oksit̪oˈsina]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Hormona cuya función más conocida es la estimulación de las contracciones uterinas durante el parto y la liberación de leche durante la lactancia, se produce por los núcleos supraóptico y paraventr...".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for oxitocina, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is oxitocina, spelled O-X-I-T-O-C-I-N-A.
Definition
- 1Hormona cuya función más conocida es la estimulación de las contracciones uterinas durante el parto y la liberación de leche durante la lactancia, se produce por los núcleos supraóptico y paraventricular del hipotálamo y es liberada a la circulación a través de la neurohipófisis.
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 “oxitocina”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is O-X-I-T-O-C-I-N-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [oksit̪oˈsina] (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.