zoonosis
[sooˈnosis]
The verdict
“zoonosis” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #72,422 among 5,985 “Z” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #72,422
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 5,985
- “Z” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Enfermedad que puede transmitirse de animales a personas. En general se trata de enfermedades que existen normalmente en otros animales, pero también afectan a seres humanos.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | zoonosis |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [sooˈnosis] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #72,422 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “zoonosis” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
zoonosis is uncommon Spanish at frequency #72,422 among 5,985 “Z” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [sooˈnosis]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Enfermedad que puede transmitirse de animales a personas. En general se trata de enfermedades que existen normalmente en otros animales, pero también afectan a seres humanos.".
Zero misspellings are on record for zoonosis in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is zoonosis, spelled Z-O-O-N-O-S-I-S.
Definition
- 1Enfermedad que puede transmitirse de animales a personas. En general se trata de enfermedades que existen normalmente en otros animales, pero también afectan a seres humanos.
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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Using “zoonosis”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is Z-O-O-N-O-S-I-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [sooˈnosis] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.