affaire
[aˈfeɾ]
The verdict
“affaire” is an uncommon Spanish word, ranked #51,340 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #51,340
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Situación o asunto ilegal o ilícito, y asociado con la reprobación moral o social. http://lema.rae.es/dpd/srv/search?key=affaire
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | affaire |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [aˈfeɾ] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #51,340 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “affaire” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for affaire is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [aˈfeɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #51,340 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No misspelling variants are generated for affaire in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is affaire, spelled A-F-F-A-I-R-E.
Definition
- 1Situación o asunto ilegal o ilícito, y asociado con la reprobación moral o social. http://lema.rae.es/dpd/srv/search?key=affaire
- 2Relación romántica o sexual que puede ser reprobable o censurable por alguna razón legal, moral o social.
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 “affaire”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is A-F-F-A-I-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [aˈfeɾ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.