sinéresis
[siˈneɾesis]
The verdict
“sinéresis” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Debilitamiento de una de las vocales que forman un hiato para transformar este en un diptongo. En métrica se la estima un metaplasmo, mientras que las autoridades la juzgan incorrecta en la pronunc...
Corpus desk
Index ES-sineresis · sinéresis · Spanish
sinéresis · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sinéresis |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [siˈneɾesis] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “sinéresis” en español
Rare enough to double-check
sinéresis is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [siˈneɾesis]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Debilitamiento de una de las vocales que forman un hiato para transformar este en un diptongo. En métrica se la estima un metaplasmo, mientras que las autoridades la juzgan incorrecta en la pronunc...".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for sinéresis, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, 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 sinéresis, spelled S-I-N-É-R-E-S-I-S.
Definition
- 1Debilitamiento de una de las vocales que forman un hiato para transformar este en un diptongo. En métrica se la estima un metaplasmo, mientras que las autoridades la juzgan incorrecta en la pronunciación habitual.
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.