afano
[aˈfano]
The verdict
“afano” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #64,320 among 7,704 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #64,320
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7,704
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de indicativo de afanar.
Corpus desk
Index ES-afano · afano · Spanish
afano · rank #64,320 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #64,320
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 7,704
- PHOTO-FINISH adquirente
Nearest frequency peer: adquirente (-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 “afano”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- adicionar
adicionar
35,684 corpus weight
- adivinos
adivinos
35,683 corpus weight
- adquirente
adquirente
35,682 corpus weight
- afano
afano
35,681 corpus weight
- afeminados
afeminados
35,679 corpus weight
- aferrada
aferrada
35,678 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “afano” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | afano |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [aˈfano] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #64,320 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “afano” en español
Rare enough to double-check
afano is uncommon Spanish at frequency #64,320 among 7,704 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [aˈfano]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de indicativo de afanar.".
afano has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is afano, spelled A-F-A-N-O.
Definition
- 1Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de indicativo de afanar.
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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