sepsis
[ˈsepsis]
The verdict
“sepsis” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #55,225 among 4,169 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,225
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,169
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Síndrome provocado por la respuesta inmune a una infección generalizada, con inflamación generalizada, que puede provocar fallos en diversos sistemas y la muerte. Cuando se acompaña de bacteremia s...
Corpus desk
Index ES-sepsis · sepsis · Spanish
sepsis · rank #55,225 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #55,225
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,169
- PHOTO-FINISH separándose
Nearest frequency peer: separándose (-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 “sepsis”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- seed
seed
44,780 corpus weight
- seminal
seminal
44,779 corpus weight
- separándose
separándose
44,777 corpus weight
- sepsis
sepsis
44,776 corpus weight
- seri
seri
44,775 corpus weight
- shooting
shooting
44,772 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “sepsis” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sepsis |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈsepsis] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #55,225 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “sepsis” en español
Rare enough to double-check
sepsis is uncommon Spanish at frequency #55,225 among 4,169 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈsepsis]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Síndrome provocado por la respuesta inmune a una infección generalizada, con inflamación generalizada, que puede provocar fallos en diversos sistemas y la muerte. Cuando se acompaña de bacteremia s...".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for sepsis, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is sepsis, spelled S-E-P-S-I-S.
Definition
- 1Síndrome provocado por la respuesta inmune a una infección generalizada, con inflamación generalizada, que puede provocar fallos en diversos sistemas y la muerte. Cuando se acompaña de bacteremia se denomina septicemia.
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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