afilado

[afiˈlað̞o]

/[afiˈlað̞o]/ adj

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The verdict

“afilado” has 9 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #30,315. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#30,315
frequency rank, Spanish
7,704
“A” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Que cuenta con filo o borde cortante.

Corpus desk

Index ES-afilado · afilado · Spanish

afilado · rank #30,315 · 9 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #30,315
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 7,704
  • PHOTO-FINISH adorado

Nearest frequency peer: adorado (-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.

Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “afilado”

Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino

corpus weight

What this shows “afilado” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

afilado vs Alado
57% similar
afilado vs aliado
71% similar
afilado vs afilar
71% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

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

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “afilado”

De izquierda a derecha: las pocas palabras que cargan el habla diaria, luego la cola larga casi invisible.afiladocae aquí:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Los ticks avanzan en logaritmo; cada uno es del orden de diez veces más raro. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “adorado” (#30,314), “agradeciendo” (#30,316), “adorada” (#30,313). Entre 7,704 lemas con “A”, “afilado” va en #30,315. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around afilado (IPA [afiˈlað̞o]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #30,315 among 7,704 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Que cuenta con filo o borde cortante.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for afilado, with forms such as "affilado", "afialdo", and "afiladdo". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. 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.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is afilado, spelled A-F-I-L-A-D-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    Que cuenta con filo o borde cortante.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how afilado appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Una espada afilada puede cortar un papel lanzado al aire.

Synonyms

filoso

This word in other languages

sharp(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • affilado
  • afialdo
  • afiladdo
  • afilaod
  • afildao
  • afillado
  • afliado
  • aiflado
  • failado

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of afilado - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

affilado1afialdo2afiladdo1afilaod2afildao2afillado1afliado2aiflado2
Edit distance from "afilado"

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.

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 adjective, "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?
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "afilado", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

adorado#30,314adorada#30,313agravio#30,317acuesto#30,310

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

aléjate9 variantsaprieto9 variantsturbia9 variantsatalaya9 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list