puericultura

[pweɾikul̪ˈt̪uɾa]

/[pweɾikul̪ˈt̪uɾa]/ noun

The verdict

“puericultura” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #72,232 among 6,028 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#72,232
frequency rank, Spanish
6,028
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Conjunto de prácticas, tecnicas y conocimientos que tienen como propósito el cuidar y fomentar el sano desarrollo físico y mental de los niños.

Corpus desk

Index ES-puericultura · puericultura · Spanish

puericultura · rank #72,232 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #72,232
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,028
  • PHOTO-FINISH pulidos

Nearest frequency peer: pulidos (+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 “puericultura”

Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “puericultura” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for puericultura
PropertyValue
Headwordpuericultura
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[pweɾikul̪ˈt̪uɾa]
Letters12
Frequency rank#72,232
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “puericultura” en español

Esta escala corre desde el núcleo del español cotidiano (izquierda) hasta el rastro de formas rara vez usadas (derecha).puericulturacae en esta cola de rareza:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Los ticks avanzan en logaritmo; cada uno es del orden de diez veces más raro. Vecinos raros de la misma franja: “pulidos” (#72,233), “prudence” (#72,229), “quam” (#72,235). Entre 6,028 lemas con “P”, “puericultura” va en #72,232. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

puericultura is uncommon Spanish at frequency #72,232 among 6,028 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [pweɾikul̪ˈt̪uɾa]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Conjunto de prácticas, tecnicas y conocimientos que tienen como propósito el cuidar y fomentar el sano desarrollo físico y mental de los niños.".

puericultura has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is puericultura, spelled P-U-E-R-I-C-U-L-T-U-R-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Conjunto de prácticas, tecnicas y conocimientos que tienen como propósito el cuidar y fomentar el sano desarrollo físico y mental de los niños.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "puericultura"?
"puericultura" is spelled P-U-E-R-I-C-U-L-T-U-R-A. The IPA pronunciation is [pweɾikul̪ˈt̪uɾa].
What does "puericultura" mean?
As a noun, "puericultura" means: Conjunto de prácticas, tecnicas y conocimientos que tienen como propósito el cuidar y fomentar el sano desarrollo físico y mental de los niños.
How do you pronounce "puericultura"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "puericultura" is [pweɾikul̪ˈt̪uɾa]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "puericultura", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list