puericultura
[pweɾikul̪ˈt̪uɾa]
The verdict
“puericultura” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #72,232 among 48,357 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #72,232
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 48,357
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Conjunto de prácticas, tecnicas y conocimientos que tienen como propósito el cuidar y fomentar el sano desarrollo físico y mental de los niños.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | puericultura |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [pweɾikul̪ˈt̪uɾa] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #72,232 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “puericultura” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
puericultura is uncommon Spanish at frequency #72,232 among 48,357 “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
- 1Conjunto 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.
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Using “puericultura”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is P-U-E-R-I-C-U-L-T-U-R-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [pweɾikul̪ˈt̪uɾa] (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.