afán
[aˈfãn]
The verdict
“afán” has 5 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #9,759. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #9,759
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 120,137
- “A” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Ansia, solicitud, congoja, anhelo vehemente.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | afán |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [aˈfãn] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #9,759 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “afán” sits in Spanish frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around afán (IPA [aˈfãn]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #9,759 among 120,137 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for afán, with forms such as "affán", "afná", and "afánn". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "an", "aún", "Ana", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is afán, spelled A-F-Á-N.
Definition
- 1Ansia, solicitud, congoja, anhelo vehemente.
- 2Trabajo penoso y solícito, tarea ímproba.
- 3Fatiga, penalidad, zozobra.
- 4Prisa, urgencia para ejecutar algo.
- 5Trabajo corporal.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- affán
- afná
- afánn
- aáfn
- faán
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of afán - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “afán”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is A-F-Á-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [aˈfãn] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “an” - see the side-by-side comparison. afán vs an
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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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.