paroxismo
[paɾokˈsismo]
The verdict
“paroxismo” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #91,212 among 6,028 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #91,212
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6,028
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Exaltación extrema o máxima de los sentimientos y pasiones.
Corpus desk
Index ES-paroxismo · paroxismo · Spanish
paroxismo · rank #91,212 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #91,212
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,028
- PHOTO-FINISH papelones
Nearest frequency peer: papelones (-1 rank slots)
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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “paroxismo”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- Pagola
Pagola
8,793 corpus weight
- pajarraco
pajarraco
8,792 corpus weight
- papelones
papelones
8,790 corpus weight
- paroxismo
paroxismo
8,789 corpus weight
- parvulario
parvulario
8,788 corpus weight
- pasmados
pasmados
8,786 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “paroxismo” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | paroxismo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [paɾokˈsismo] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #91,212 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “paroxismo” en español
Rare enough to double-check
paroxismo is uncommon Spanish at frequency #91,212 among 6,028 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [paɾokˈsismo]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for paroxismo in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 paroxismo, spelled P-A-R-O-X-I-S-M-O.
Definition
- 1Exaltación extrema o máxima de los sentimientos y pasiones.
- 2Máxima intensidad de un acceso.
- 3Exacerbación o acceso violento de una enfermedad.
- 4Accidente peligroso o casi mortal, en que el paciente pierde el sentido y la acción por largo tiempo.
- 5Exacerbación súbita.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how paroxismo appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Un espasmo de muerte me vuelve a abrazar, me atraviesa los costados, parece que no me quiere dejar ningún descanso el mal miserable que me devora. ¡Oh, soberano Hades, recíbeme! ¡Oh rayo de Zeus hiéreme! Porque el mal de nuevo me devora, está en su plenitud, llega al paroxismo.
This word in other languages
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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