principio activo
[pɾĩnˈsipjo akˈt̪iβ̞o]
The verdict
“principio activo” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - En una preparación es la sustancia que da cuenta de la actividad o efecto de un medicamento
Corpus desk
Index ES-principio-activo · principio activo · Spanish
principio activo · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 16 letters
- VOW-7 7 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | principio activo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [pɾĩnˈsipjo akˈt̪iβ̞o] |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “principio activo” en español
Rare enough to double-check
principio activo is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed [pɾĩnˈsipjo akˈt̪iβ̞o]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "En una preparación es la sustancia que da cuenta de la actividad o efecto de un medicamento".
No generated misspelling entries exist for principio activo in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is principio activo, spelled P-R-I-N-C-I-P-I-O- -A-C-T-I-V-O.
Definition
- 1En una preparación es la sustancia que da cuenta de la actividad o efecto de un medicamento
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.