afín

[aˈfĩn]

/[aˈfĩn]/ adj

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The verdict

“afín” has 5 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #19,908. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#19,908
frequency rank, Spanish
7,704
“A” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Que está cerca o al lado.

Corpus desk

Index ES-afin · afín · Spanish

afín · rank #19,908 · 5 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #19,908
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 7,704
  • PHOTO-FINISH abstinencia

Nearest frequency peer: abstinencia (-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 “afín”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “afín” 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).

afín vs an
50% similar
afín vs así
50% similar
afín vs aún
50% similar

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

Key facts for afín
PropertyValue
Headwordafín
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[aˈfĩn]
Letters4
Frequency rank#19,908
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “afín”

Esta escala corre desde el núcleo del español cotidiano (izquierda) hasta el rastro de formas rara vez usadas (derecha).afíncae aquí:

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

La escala es logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× más rara). En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “abstinencia” (#19,907), “aleatorio” (#19,910), “ambulancias” (#19,911). Entre 7,704 lemas con “A”, “afín” va en #19,908. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around afín (IPA [aˈfĩn]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #19,908 among 7,704 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for afín, with forms such as "affín", "afní", and "afínn". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "an", "así", "aún", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is afín, spelled A-F-Í-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Que está cerca o al lado.
  2. 2
    Que tiene afinidad (en sus diferentes acepciones: parecido, características en común, capacidad de combinarse) con otro.
  3. 3
    Que tiene parentesco por afinidad (por ser pariente del cónyuge).
  4. 4
    Dicho de una función: cuya fórmula es ⃑f(⃑x)=A·⃑x+⃑b, la cual representa una recta en el plano para el caso de una única dimensión.

Synonyms

adyacentecercanocontiguopróximo

Antonyms

disímil

This word in other languages

affine(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • affín
  • afní
  • afínn
  • aífn
  • faín

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of afín - 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.

affín1afní2afínn1aífn2faín2
Edit distance from "afín"

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 "afín"?
"afín" is spelled A-F-Í-N. The IPA pronunciation is [aˈfĩn].
What does "afín" mean?
As an adjective, "afín" means: Que está cerca o al lado.
What words are commonly confused with "afín"?
"afín" is commonly confused with "an", "así", "aún". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "afín"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "afín" is [aˈfĩn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "afín" come from?
"afín" is a Spanish word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

bird#19,928teen#19,888boss#19,931rodó#19,873

Similar misspelling depth

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

cava5 variantsratio5 variantsemir5 variantsmain5 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list