triptófano
[t̪ɾipˈt̪ofano]
The verdict
“triptófano” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #85,336 among 3,005 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #85,336
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3,005
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Uno de los nueve aminoácidos que son esenciales para el ser humano.
Corpus desk
Index ES-triptofano · triptófano · Spanish
triptófano · rank #85,336 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #85,336
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,005
- PHOTO-FINISH trepadoras
Nearest frequency peer: trepadoras (-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 “triptófano”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- trasmitió
trasmitió
14,668 corpus weight
- trava
trava
14,667 corpus weight
- trepadoras
trepadoras
14,666 corpus weight
- triptófano
triptófano
14,665 corpus weight
- Troilo
Troilo
14,664 corpus weight
- Tuesday
Tuesday
14,663 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “triptófano” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | triptófano |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [t̪ɾipˈt̪ofano] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #85,336 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Dónde se sitúa “triptófano” en la frecuencia del español
Rare enough to double-check
triptófano is uncommon Spanish at frequency #85,336 among 3,005 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [t̪ɾipˈt̪ofano]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Uno de los nueve aminoácidos que son esenciales para el ser humano.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for triptófano, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is triptófano, spelled T-R-I-P-T-Ó-F-A-N-O.
Definition
- 1Uno de los nueve aminoácidos que son esenciales para el ser humano.
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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.
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