profilaxis
[pɾofiˈlaksis]
The verdict
“profilaxis” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #51,161 among 6,028 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,161
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6,028
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Prevención de enfermedades.
Corpus desk
Index ES-profilaxis · profilaxis · Spanish
profilaxis · rank #51,161 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #51,161
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,028
- PHOTO-FINISH profana
Nearest frequency peer: profana (-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 “profilaxis”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- privativo
privativo
48,844 corpus weight
- procedo
procedo
48,842 corpus weight
- profana
profana
48,841 corpus weight
- profilaxis
profilaxis
48,840 corpus weight
- programático
programático
48,839 corpus weight
- propagando
propagando
48,837 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “profilaxis” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | profilaxis |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [pɾofiˈlaksis] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #51,161 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “profilaxis” en español
Rare enough to double-check
profilaxis is uncommon Spanish at frequency #51,161 among 6,028 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [pɾofiˈlaksis]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for profilaxis, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is profilaxis, spelled P-R-O-F-I-L-A-X-I-S.
Definition
- 1Prevención de enfermedades.
- 2Jugada que se hace para impedir que el oponente pueda ejecutar el plan que tenía en mente.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how profilaxis appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Entre los médicos griegos, el primero que entró en el concepto de profilaxis fue Dioscórides de Samos, que vivió en tiempos de Nerón. Fue gran recopilador. Han llegado hasta nosotros muchas obras suyas, aunque la única auténtica es περί τής ιατρικής (perí tés iatrikés). Su traducción latina reza De materia médica; y la traducción española del doctor Lagun…
Synonyms
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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