tétanos
[ˈt̪et̪anos]
The verdict
“tétanos” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #56,723 among 3,005 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #56,723
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3,005
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Contracción involuntaria de los músculos como resultado de impulsos nerviosos que impiden el control muscular.
Corpus desk
Index ES-tetanos · tétanos · Spanish
tétanos · rank #56,723 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #56,723
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,005
- PHOTO-FINISH tuiteado
Nearest frequency peer: tuiteado (-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 “tétanos”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- triplica
triplica
43,283 corpus weight
- trunca
trunca
43,282 corpus weight
- tuareg
tuareg
43,281 corpus weight
- tuiteado
tuiteado
43,279 corpus weight
- tétanos
tétanos
43,278 corpus weight
- tétrico
tétrico
43,277 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “tétanos” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tétanos |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈt̪et̪anos] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #56,723 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “tétanos” en español
Rare enough to double-check
tétanos is uncommon Spanish at frequency #56,723 among 3,005 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈt̪et̪anos]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for tétanos in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is tétanos, spelled T-É-T-A-N-O-S.
Definition
- 1Contracción involuntaria de los músculos como resultado de impulsos nerviosos que impiden el control muscular.
- 2Enfermedad grave que produce fiebre, dolorosos espasmos musculares y a menudo la muerte, causada por la infección de una herida abierta con la bacteria Clostridium tetani, que se encuentra en el suelo y en los intestinos y heces de los animales.
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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