adelfa
[aˈð̞elfa]
The verdict
“adelfa” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #89,498 among 7,704 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #89,498
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7,704
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (Nerium oleander) Arbusto de la familia de las Apocináceas, muy ramoso, de hojas persistentes semejantes a las del laurel. Es venenoso y florece en verano.
Corpus desk
Index ES-adelfa · adelfa · Spanish
adelfa · rank #89,498 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #89,498
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 7,704
- PHOTO-FINISH adiviná
Nearest frequency peer: adiviná (+2 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 “adelfa”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- acostándose
acostándose
10,508 corpus weight
- activities
activities
10,507 corpus weight
- adelfa
adelfa
10,503 corpus weight
- adiviná
adiviná
10,501 corpus weight
- adormece
adormece
10,499 corpus weight
- adquiriría
adquiriría
10,498 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “adelfa” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | adelfa |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [aˈð̞elfa] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #89,498 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “adelfa” en español
Rare enough to double-check
adelfa is uncommon Spanish at frequency #89,498 among 7,704 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [aˈð̞elfa]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for adelfa, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 adelfa, spelled A-D-E-L-F-A.
Definition
- 1(Nerium oleander) Arbusto de la familia de las Apocináceas, muy ramoso, de hojas persistentes semejantes a las del laurel. Es venenoso y florece en verano.
- 2Flor de este arbusto.
Synonyms
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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