UVI
[ˈuβ̞i]
The verdict
“UVI” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #72,378 among 448 “U” headwords), classed as an abbreviation. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #72,378
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 448
- “U” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sigla de Unidad de Vigilancia Intensiva.
Corpus desk
Index ES-uvi · UVI · Spanish
UVI · rank #72,378 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #72,378
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 448
- PHOTO-FINISH vario
Nearest frequency peer: vario (+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 “UVI”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- tálamo
tálamo
27,626 corpus weight
- UVI
UVI
27,623 corpus weight
- vario
vario
27,622 corpus weight
- ventila
ventila
27,621 corpus weight
- verbenas
verbenas
27,620 corpus weight
- verdolaga
verdolaga
27,619 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “UVI” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | UVI |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Abbreviation |
| IPA | [ˈuβ̞i] |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #72,378 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “UVI” en español
Rare enough to double-check
UVI is uncommon Spanish at frequency #72,378 among 448 “U” headwords, classed as anabbreviation, transcribed [ˈuβ̞i]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Sigla de Unidad de Vigilancia Intensiva.".
Zero misspellings are on record for UVI in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is UVI, spelled U-V-I.
Definition
- 1Sigla de Unidad de Vigilancia Intensiva.
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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