psoriasis
[soˈɾjasis]
The verdict
“psoriasis” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #63,349 among 48,357 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,349
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 48,357
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Enfermedad inflamatoria crónica de la piel que produce lesiones escamosas engrosadas e inflamadas, con una amplia variabilidad clínica y evolutiva. No es contagiosa, aunque sí puede ser hereditaria...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | psoriasis |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [soˈɾjasis] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #63,349 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “psoriasis” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
psoriasis is uncommon Spanish at frequency #63,349 among 48,357 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [soˈɾjasis]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Enfermedad inflamatoria crónica de la piel que produce lesiones escamosas engrosadas e inflamadas, con una amplia variabilidad clínica y evolutiva. No es contagiosa, aunque sí puede ser hereditaria...".
No misspelling variants are generated for psoriasis in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is psoriasis, spelled P-S-O-R-I-A-S-I-S.
Definition
- 1Enfermedad inflamatoria crónica de la piel que produce lesiones escamosas engrosadas e inflamadas, con una amplia variabilidad clínica y evolutiva. No es contagiosa, aunque sí puede ser hereditaria, es más probable que la hereden los hombres que las mujeres.
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 “psoriasis”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is P-S-O-R-I-A-S-I-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [soˈɾjasis] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.