afeminar

[afemiˈnaɾ]

/[afemiˈnaɾ]/ verb

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.

Corpus desk

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.

Key facts for afeminar
PropertyValue
Headwordafeminar
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[afemiˈnaɾ]
Letters8
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “afeminar” sits in Spanish frequency

afeminar falls outside the top-100,000 ranked Spanish words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

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

  1. 1
    Hacer que un hombre adquiera cualidades femeninas tanto en la apariencia como en los actos.

Synonyms

efeminar

This word in other languages

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "afeminar"?
"afeminar" is spelled A-F-E-M-I-N-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is [afemiˈnaɾ].
What does "afeminar" mean?
As a verb, "afeminar" means: Hacer que un hombre adquiera cualidades femeninas tanto en la apariencia como en los actos.
How do you pronounce "afeminar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "afeminar" is [afemiˈnaɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "afeminar" come from?
"afeminar" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list