UCI
[ˈusi]
The verdict
“UCI” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #24,687 in Spanish word frequency and used as an abbreviation.
- #24,687
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3
- letters
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Sigla de Unidad de Cuidados Intensivos.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | UCI |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Abbreviation |
| IPA | [ˈusi] |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #24,687 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “UCI” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for UCI is 3 letters long, classified as an abbreviation, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈusi]. Corpus data places it at rank #24,687 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Sigla de Unidad de Cuidados Intensivos.".
No misspelling variants are generated for UCI in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "un", "us", "up", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is UCI, spelled U-C-I.
Definition
- 1Sigla de Unidad de Cuidados Intensivos.
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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Using “UCI”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is U-C-I - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈusi] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “un” - see the side-by-side comparison. UCI vs un
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.