afirmada

[afiɾˈmað̞a]

/[afiɾˈmað̞a]/ participle

The verdict

“afirmada” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #93,705 among 7,704 “A” headwords), classed as a participle. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#93,705
frequency rank, Spanish
7,704
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Forma del femenino de afirmado, participio de afirmar.

Corpus desk

Index ES-afirmada · afirmada · Spanish

afirmada · rank #93,705 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #93,705
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 7,704
  • PHOTO-FINISH aferrando

Nearest frequency peer: aferrando (-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 “afirmada”

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 “afirmada” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for afirmada
PropertyValue
Headwordafirmada
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechParticiple
IPA[afiɾˈmað̞a]
Letters8
Frequency rank#93,705
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “afirmada” en español

La frecuencia va del puñado de palabras que usamos sin parar (izquierda) a la cola larga que apenas aparece (derecha).afirmadacae en esta cola de rareza:

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

El eje es logarítmico: cada tick marca unas diez veces menos frecuencia. Vecinos raros de la misma franja: “aferrando” (#93,704), “agonizaba” (#93,707), “advenedizo” (#93,702). Entre 7,704 lemas con “A”, “afirmada” va en #93,705. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

afirmada is uncommon Spanish at frequency #93,705 among 7,704 “A” headwords, classed as aparticiple, transcribed [afiɾˈmað̞a]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Forma del femenino de afirmado, participio de afirmar.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for afirmada, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is afirmada, spelled A-F-I-R-M-A-D-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Forma del femenino de afirmado, participio de afirmar.

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 "afirmada"?
"afirmada" is spelled A-F-I-R-M-A-D-A. The IPA pronunciation is [afiɾˈmað̞a].
What does "afirmada" mean?
As a participle, "afirmada" means: Forma del femenino de afirmado, participio de afirmar.
How do you pronounce "afirmada"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "afirmada" is [afiɾˈmað̞a]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "afirmada" come from?
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list