afirma
[aˈfiɾma]
The verdict
“afirma” is a regularly-used Spanish word, ranked #2,538 in Spanish word frequency and used as a verb.
- #2,538
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6
- letters
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 10
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de afirmar o de afirmarse.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | afirma |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [aˈfiɾma] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #2,538 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 10 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “afirma” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for afirma is 6 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [aˈfiɾma]. Corpus data places it at rank #2,538 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for afirma, with forms such as "affirma", "afimra", and "afiram". 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 10 confusable-pair relationships, "arma", "ánima", "alarma", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is afirma, spelled A-F-I-R-M-A.
Definition
- 1Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de afirmar o de afirmarse.
- 2Segunda persona del singular (tú) del imperativo afirmativo de afirmar.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: affirma,afimra,afiram,afirmma,afirrma,afrima,aifrma,fairma
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of afirma - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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.
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Using “afirma”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is A-F-I-R-M-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [aˈfiɾma] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “arma” - see the side-by-side comparison. afirma vs arma
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.