prolactina
[pɾolakˈt̪ina]
The verdict
“prolactina” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #92,322 among 48,357 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #92,322
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 48,357
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Hormona proteica secretada principalmente por la glándula hipófisis (adenohipófisis). Estimula la producción de leche en las glándulas mamarias, la síntesis de progesterona en el cuerpo lúteo, el c...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | prolactina |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [pɾolakˈt̪ina] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #92,322 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “prolactina” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
prolactina is uncommon Spanish at frequency #92,322 among 48,357 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [pɾolakˈt̪ina]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Hormona proteica secretada principalmente por la glándula hipófisis (adenohipófisis). Estimula la producción de leche en las glándulas mamarias, la síntesis de progesterona en el cuerpo lúteo, el c...".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for prolactina, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is prolactina, spelled P-R-O-L-A-C-T-I-N-A.
Definition
- 1Hormona proteica secretada principalmente por la glándula hipófisis (adenohipófisis). Estimula la producción de leche en las glándulas mamarias, la síntesis de progesterona en el cuerpo lúteo, el crecimiento celular y la diferenciación celular, el metabolismo de las grasas y la inmunomodulación, entre otras cosas.
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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Using “prolactina”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is P-R-O-L-A-C-T-I-N-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
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.