adefesio
[að̞eˈfesjo]
The verdict
“adefesio” is an uncommon Spanish word, ranked #76,032 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #76,032
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Individuo, objeto o cosa ridícula y fea.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | adefesio |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [að̞eˈfesjo] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #76,032 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “adefesio” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for adefesio is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [að̞eˈfesjo]. Corpus data places it at rank #76,032 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No misspelling variants are generated for adefesio in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is adefesio, spelled A-D-E-F-E-S-I-O.
Definition
- 1Individuo, objeto o cosa ridícula y fea.
- 2Discurso disparatado, propósitos absurdos.
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 “adefesio”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is A-D-E-F-E-S-I-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [að̞eˈfesjo] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- 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.