zoología

/[sooloˈxia]/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#36,884

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

1

similar word pairs

zoología is aSpanishnoun. It means: Rama de la biología que estudia los animales Pronounced [sooloˈxia]. Often confused with zoológico.

Key facts for zoología
PropertyValue
Headwordzoología
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[sooloˈxia]
Letters8
Frequency rank#36,884
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of zoología in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for zoología is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [sooloˈxia]. Corpus data places it at rank #36,884 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Rama de la biología que estudia los animales".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for zoología, with forms such as "ozología", "zología", and "zoloogía". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "zoológico", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is zoología, spelled Z-O-O-L-O-G-Í-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Rama de la biología que estudia los animales

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ozología,zología,zoloogía,zoolgoía,zoollogía,zoologaí,zoologgía,zooloíga,zooolgía,zzoología

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for zoología

Misspelling Variants of "zoología"

ozología8zología7zoloogía8zoolgoía8zoollogía9zoologaí8zoologgía9zooloíga8
Misspelling Variants of "zoología"

Frequency rank: #36,884 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "zoología"?
"zoología" is spelled Z-O-O-L-O-G-Í-A. The IPA pronunciation is [sooloˈxia].
What does "zoología" mean?
As a noun, "zoología" means: Rama de la biología que estudia los animales
What words are commonly confused with "zoología"?
"zoología" is commonly confused with "zoológico". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "zoología"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "zoología" is [sooloˈxia]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "zoología" come from?
"zoología" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.