septicemia
[sept̪iˈsemja]
The verdict
“septicemia” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #62,647 among 4,169 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,647
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,169
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Enfermedad causada por la presencia de organismos patógenos, especialmente bacterias, o sus toxinas en el torrente sanguíneo, caracterizada por fiebre y sensación de frío.
Corpus desk
Index ES-septicemia · septicemia · Spanish
septicemia · rank #62,647 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #62,647
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,169
- PHOTO-FINISH sensitiva
Nearest frequency peer: sensitiva (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “septicemia”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- sema
sema
37,357 corpus weight
- semánticas
semánticas
37,356 corpus weight
- sensitiva
sensitiva
37,355 corpus weight
- septicemia
septicemia
37,354 corpus weight
- sepultar
sepultar
37,353 corpus weight
- seso
seso
37,351 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “septicemia” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | septicemia |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [sept̪iˈsemja] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #62,647 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “septicemia” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
septicemia is uncommon Spanish at frequency #62,647 among 4,169 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [sept̪iˈsemja]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Enfermedad causada por la presencia de organismos patógenos, especialmente bacterias, o sus toxinas en el torrente sanguíneo, caracterizada por fiebre y sensación de frío.".
septicemia 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 headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is septicemia, spelled S-E-P-T-I-C-E-M-I-A.
Definition
- 1Enfermedad causada por la presencia de organismos patógenos, especialmente bacterias, o sus toxinas en el torrente sanguíneo, caracterizada por fiebre y sensación de frío.
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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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 3, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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