afanar
[afaˈnaɾ]
The verdict
“afanar” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #82,586 among 7,704 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #82,586
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7,704
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Poner mucho énfasis, empeño e interés a un trabajo o tarea.
Corpus desk
Index ES-afanar · afanar · Spanish
afanar · rank #82,586 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #82,586
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 7,704
- PHOTO-FINISH advocate
Nearest frequency peer: advocate (-1 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 “afanar”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- admitían
admitían
17,419 corpus weight
- Adrogué
Adrogué
17,417 corpus weight
- advocate
advocate
17,416 corpus weight
- afanar
afanar
17,415 corpus weight
- agacho
agacho
17,414 corpus weight
- agrias
agrias
17,411 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “afanar” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | afanar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [afaˈnaɾ] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #82,586 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “afanar” en español
Rare enough to double-check
afanar is uncommon Spanish at frequency #82,586 among 7,704 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [afaˈnaɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for afanar in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is afanar, spelled A-F-A-N-A-R.
Definition
- 1Poner mucho énfasis, empeño e interés a un trabajo o tarea.
- 2Hacer diligencias con vehemente anhelo para conseguir alguna cosa.
- 3Trabajar utilizando el cuerpo, como los jornaleros.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how afanar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
¡Ah, siempre igual! Todo el mundo se afana en su propio beneficio.
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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