afilado

/[afiˈlað̞o]/ adj

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#30,315

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

afilado is anSpanishadj. It means: Que cuenta con filo o borde cortante. Pronounced [afiˈlað̞o]. Often confused with Alado and aliado.

Key facts for afilado
PropertyValue
Headwordafilado
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdj
IPA[afiˈlað̞o]
Letters7
Frequency rank#30,315
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of afilado in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for afilado is 7 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [afiˈlað̞o]. Corpus data places it at rank #30,315 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Que cuenta con filo o borde cortante.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for afilado, with forms such as "affilado", "afialdo", and "afiladdo". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Alado", "aliado", "afilar", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is afilado, spelled A-F-I-L-A-D-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Que cuenta con filo o borde cortante.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: affilado,afialdo,afiladdo,afilaod,afildao,afillado,afliado,aiflado,failado

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for afilado

Misspelling Variants of "afilado"

affilado8afialdo7afiladdo8afilaod7afildao7afillado8afliado7aiflado7
Misspelling Variants of "afilado"

Frequency rank: #30,315 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "afilado"?
"afilado" is spelled A-F-I-L-A-D-O. The IPA pronunciation is [afiˈlað̞o].
What does "afilado" mean?
As an adj, "afilado" means: Que cuenta con filo o borde cortante.
What words are commonly confused with "afilado"?
"afilado" is commonly confused with "Alado", "aliado", "afilar". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "afilado"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "afilado" is [afiˈlað̞o]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "afilado" come from?
"afilado" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.