sinestesia
[sinesˈt̪esja]
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
- shimmer
shimmer
8,620 corpus weight
- shoulder
shoulder
8,618 corpus weight
- simetrías
simetrías
8,613 corpus weight
- sinestesia
sinestesia
8,612 corpus weight
- sink
sink
8,611 corpus weight
- socavado
socavado
8,606 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “sinestesia” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sinestesia |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [sinesˈt̪esja] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #91,389 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “sinestesia” en español
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
- 1Mezcla 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.
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