aféresis
[aˈfeɾesis]
The verdict
“aféresis” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pérdida de un sonido o grupo de sonidos al comienzo de una palabra (lectorile > letril > latril > atril) o de una letra inicial (la pérdida de la p en palabras como psicología a sicología).
Corpus desk
Index ES-aferesis · aféresis · Spanish
aféresis · 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 | aféresis |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [aˈfeɾesis] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “aféresis” en español
Rare enough to double-check
aféresis is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [aˈfeɾesis]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for aféresis in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is aféresis, spelled A-F-É-R-E-S-I-S.
Definition
- 1Pérdida de un sonido o grupo de sonidos al comienzo de una palabra (lectorile > letril > latril > atril) o de una letra inicial (la pérdida de la p en palabras como psicología a sicología).
- 2Separación y eliminación de uno o varios componentes de una sustancia.
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.