pertussis
Spanish, noun/peɾˈtusis/
pertussis is spelled P-E-R-T-U-S-S-I-S (9 letters) and appears about once in every 25 million words in written Spanish, the 182,048th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pertussis is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “pertussis” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does pertussis mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepertussis
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How do you pronounce pertussis?
- /peɾˈtusis/
- [peɾˈt̪u.sis]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is pertussis in Spanish?
pertussis appears about once in every 25 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).