afinado

[afiˈnað̞o]

/[afiˈnað̞o]/ verb

The verdict

“afinado” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #53,982 among 7,704 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#53,982
frequency rank, Spanish
7,704
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Participio de afinar.

Corpus desk

Index ES-afinado · afinado · Spanish

afinado · rank #53,982 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #53,982
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 7,704
  • PHOTO-FINISH afloramientos

Nearest frequency peer: afloramientos (+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.

Rangos de cola larga cerca de “afinado”

Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “afinado” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for afinado
PropertyValue
Headwordafinado
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[afiˈnað̞o]
Letters7
Frequency rank#53,982
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “afinado” en español

De izquierda a derecha: las pocas palabras que cargan el habla diaria, luego la cola larga casi invisible.afinadocae en esta cola de rareza:

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

Los ticks avanzan en logaritmo; cada uno es del orden de diez veces más raro. Vecinos raros de la misma franja: “afloramientos” (#53,983), “aeroplano” (#53,980), “Agapito” (#53,984). Entre 7,704 lemas con “A”, “afinado” va en #53,982. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

afinado is uncommon Spanish at frequency #53,982 among 7,704 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [afiˈnað̞o]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Participio de afinar.".

afinado doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is afinado, spelled A-F-I-N-A-D-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    Participio de afinar.

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 "afinado"?
"afinado" is spelled A-F-I-N-A-D-O. The IPA pronunciation is [afiˈnað̞o].
What does "afinado" mean?
As a verb, "afinado" means: Participio de afinar.
How do you pronounce "afinado"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "afinado" is [afiˈnað̞o]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "afinado" come from?
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list