afeito
[aˈfejt̪o]
The verdict
“afeito” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #68,251 among 120,137 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,251
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 120,137
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de indicativo de afeitar.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | afeito |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [aˈfejt̪o] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #68,251 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “afeito” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
afeito is uncommon Spanish at frequency #68,251 among 120,137 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [aˈfejt̪o]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de indicativo de afeitar.".
afeito doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable 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 any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is afeito, spelled A-F-E-I-T-O.
Definition
- 1Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de indicativo de afeitar.
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 “afeito”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is A-F-E-I-T-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [aˈfejt̪o] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.