quinina
[kiˈnina]
The verdict
“quinina” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #72,243 among 364 “Q” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #72,243
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 364
- “Q” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Alcaloide natural, blanco y cristalino, con propiedades antipiréticas, antipalúdicas y analgésicas, producido por algunas especies del género Cinchona. Es un estereoisómero de la quinidina, derivad...
Corpus desk
Index ES-quinina · quinina · Spanish
quinina · rank #72,243 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #72,243
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 364
- PHOTO-FINISH quincenales
Nearest frequency peer: quincenales (-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 “quinina”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- quebranta
quebranta
27,764 corpus weight
- quejido
quejido
27,763 corpus weight
- quemadores
quemadores
27,762 corpus weight
- quincenales
quincenales
27,759 corpus weight
- quinina
quinina
27,758 corpus weight
- radicalizar
radicalizar
27,755 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “quinina” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | quinina |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kiˈnina] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #72,243 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “quinina” en español
Rare enough to double-check
quinina is uncommon Spanish at frequency #72,243 among 364 “Q” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [kiˈnina]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Alcaloide natural, blanco y cristalino, con propiedades antipiréticas, antipalúdicas y analgésicas, producido por algunas especies del género Cinchona. Es un estereoisómero de la quinidina, derivad...".
Zero misspellings are on record for quinina in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is quinina, spelled Q-U-I-N-I-N-A.
Definition
- 1Alcaloide natural, blanco y cristalino, con propiedades antipiréticas, antipalúdicas y analgésicas, producido por algunas especies del género Cinchona. Es un estereoisómero de la quinidina, derivado de la quinolina. La intoxicación por esta sustancia produce cinconismo.
Synonyms
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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