afeminar
[afemiˈnaɾ]
The verdict
“afeminar” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Hacer que un hombre adquiera cualidades femeninas tanto en la apariencia como en los actos.
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Index ES-afeminar · afeminar · Spanish
afeminar · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | afeminar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [afemiˈnaɾ] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “afeminar” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
afeminar is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [afemiˈnaɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Hacer que un hombre adquiera cualidades femeninas tanto en la apariencia como en los actos.".
afeminar doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is afeminar, spelled A-F-E-M-I-N-A-R.
Definition
- 1Hacer que un hombre adquiera cualidades femeninas tanto en la apariencia como en los actos.
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