sinestesia

[sinesˈt̪esja]

/[sinesˈt̪esja]/ noun

The verdict

“sinestesia” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #91,389 among 4,169 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#91,389
frequency rank, Spanish
4,169
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mezcla de varios sentidos diferentes. Un sinestésico puede, por ejemplo, oír colores, ver sonidos, y percibir sensaciones gustativas al tocar un objeto con una textura determinada. No es que lo aso...

Corpus desk

Index ES-sinestesia · sinestesia · Spanish

sinestesia · rank #91,389 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #91,389
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,169
  • PHOTO-FINISH simetrías

Nearest frequency peer: simetrías (-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 “sinestesia”

Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “sinestesia” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for sinestesia
PropertyValue
Headwordsinestesia
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[sinesˈt̪esja]
Letters10
Frequency rank#91,389
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “sinestesia” en español

Esta escala corre desde el núcleo del español cotidiano (izquierda) hasta el rastro de formas rara vez usadas (derecha).sinestesiacae en esta cola de rareza:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

El eje es logarítmico: cada tick marca unas diez veces menos frecuencia. Vecinos raros de la misma franja: “simetrías” (#91,388), “sink” (#91,390), “shoulder” (#91,383). Entre 4,169 lemas con “S”, “sinestesia” va en #91,389. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

sinestesia is uncommon Spanish at frequency #91,389 among 4,169 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [sinesˈt̪esja]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Mezcla de varios sentidos diferentes. Un sinestésico puede, por ejemplo, oír colores, ver sonidos, y percibir sensaciones gustativas al tocar un objeto con una textura determinada. No es que lo aso...".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for sinestesia, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Our source data has no etymology on file 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 sinestesia, spelled S-I-N-E-S-T-E-S-I-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Mezcla de varios sentidos diferentes. Un sinestésico puede, por ejemplo, oír colores, ver sonidos, y percibir sensaciones gustativas al tocar un objeto con una textura determinada. No es que lo asocie o tenga la sensación de sentirlo: lo siente realmente. La sinestesia es un efecto común de algunas drogas psicodélicas, como el LSD, la mescalina o algunos hongos tropicales.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "sinestesia"?
"sinestesia" is spelled S-I-N-E-S-T-E-S-I-A. The IPA pronunciation is [sinesˈt̪esja].
What does "sinestesia" mean?
As a noun, "sinestesia" means: Mezcla de varios sentidos diferentes. Un sinestésico puede, por ejemplo, oír colores, ver sonidos, y percibir sensaciones gustativas al tocar un objeto con una textura determinada. No es que lo aso...
How do you pronounce "sinestesia"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sinestesia" is [sinesˈt̪esja]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sinestesia" come from?
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "sinestesia", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list