principio activo
[pɾĩnˈsipjo akˈt̪iβ̞o]
The verdict
“principio activo” is outside the top-ranked Spanish vocabulary, used as a phrase - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - En una preparación es la sustancia que da cuenta de la actividad o efecto de un medicamento
| 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) |
Where “principio activo” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for principio activo is 16 letters long, classified as a phrase, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [pɾĩnˈsipjo akˈt̪iβ̞o]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "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.
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The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is P-R-I-N-C-I-P-I-O- -A-C-T-I-V-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.