aferrados
[afeˈrað̞os]
The verdict
“aferrados” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #65,837 among 7,704 “A” headwords), classed as a participle. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,837
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7,704
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Forma del plural de aferrado, participio de aferrar o de aferrarse.
Corpus desk
Index ES-aferrados · aferrados · Spanish
aferrados · rank #65,837 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #65,837
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 7,704
- PHOTO-FINISH afeitada
Nearest frequency peer: afeitada (-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 “aferrados”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- aeronáuticos
aeronáuticos
34,167 corpus weight
- afanaron
afanaron
34,166 corpus weight
- afeitada
afeitada
34,165 corpus weight
- aferrados
aferrados
34,164 corpus weight
- afrontado
afrontado
34,163 corpus weight
- ahumados
ahumados
34,162 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “aferrados” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | aferrados |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Participle |
| IPA | [afeˈrað̞os] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #65,837 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “aferrados” en español
Rare enough to double-check
aferrados is uncommon Spanish at frequency #65,837 among 7,704 “A” headwords, classed as aparticiple, transcribed [afeˈrað̞os]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Forma del plural de aferrado, participio de aferrar o de aferrarse.".
aferrados has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is aferrados, spelled A-F-E-R-R-A-D-O-S.
Definition
- 1Forma del plural de aferrado, participio de aferrar o de aferrarse.
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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