afijo
[aˈfixo]
The verdict
“afijo” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Una o más letras que se agregan al comienzo, dentro, o al final de una palabra o raíz para modificar su función gramatical o para formar una nueva palabra.
Corpus desk
Index ES-afijo · afijo · Spanish
afijo · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | afijo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [aˈfixo] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “afijo” en español
Rare enough to double-check
afijo is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [aˈfixo]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Una o más letras que se agregan al comienzo, dentro, o al final de una palabra o raíz para modificar su función gramatical o para formar una nueva palabra.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for afijo, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is afijo, spelled A-F-I-J-O.
Definition
- 1Una o más letras que se agregan al comienzo, dentro, o al final de una palabra o raíz para modificar su función gramatical o para formar una nueva palabra.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how afijo appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
la palabra mar-ino contiene un afijo pospuesto o sufijo
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.