perfusión

[peɾfuˈsjõn]

/[peɾfuˈsjõn]/ noun

The verdict

“perfusión” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #66,402 among 6,028 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#66,402
frequency rank, Spanish
6,028
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Acción o efecto de bañar o de ungir.

Corpus desk

Index ES-perfusion · perfusión · Spanish

perfusión · rank #66,402 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #66,402
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,028
  • PHOTO-FINISH persigues

Nearest frequency peer: persigues (+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 “perfusión”

Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “perfusión” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for perfusión
PropertyValue
Headwordperfusión
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[peɾfuˈsjõn]
Letters9
Frequency rank#66,402
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “perfusión” en español

Esta escala corre desde el núcleo del español cotidiano (izquierda) hasta el rastro de formas rara vez usadas (derecha).perfusióncae en esta cola de rareza:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

La escala es logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× más rara). Vecinos raros de la misma franja: “persigues” (#66,403), “petulante” (#66,404), “perderías” (#66,399). Entre 6,028 lemas con “P”, “perfusión” va en #66,402. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

perfusión is uncommon Spanish at frequency #66,402 among 6,028 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [peɾfuˈsjõn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for perfusión in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is perfusión, spelled P-E-R-F-U-S-I-Ó-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Acción o efecto de bañar o de ungir.
  2. 2
    Acción o efecto de perfundir.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how perfusión appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. "todas las veces, que uſes de eſte remedio, tèn la regla de que el baño, la perfuſión, y humectación ſea con gran cuidado, para que luego que ſe pone colorada, y la molle de la partecilla ſe levante, entonces lo dexarás. Genga, Bernardino (1744) Anathomia chirurgica reformada. Trad. A. García Vázquez. Madrid: Lorenzo Francisco Mojador, p. 304.
  2. Se cuidará también, dentro de la misma línea terapéutica, de corregir la anemia mediante transfusiones y de mantener un buen balance hidroelectrolítico, recurriendo a soluciones salinas isotónicas en perfusión gota a gota continua.

Synonyms

afusiónbañounciónuntadurauntamientountura

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "perfusión"?
"perfusión" is spelled P-E-R-F-U-S-I-Ó-N. The IPA pronunciation is [peɾfuˈsjõn].
What does "perfusión" mean?
As a noun, "perfusión" means: Acción o efecto de bañar o de ungir.
How do you pronounce "perfusión"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "perfusión" is [peɾfuˈsjõn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "perfusión", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list