afligido
[afliˈxið̞o]
The verdict
“afligido” has 11 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #40,110. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #40,110
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 120,137
- “A” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Que siente o manifiesta aflicción, congoja, abatimiento o tristeza.
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 | afligido |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [afliˈxið̞o] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #40,110 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “afligido” sits in Spanish frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around afligido (IPA [afliˈxið̞o]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #40,110 among 120,137 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for afligido, with forms such as "affligido", "afilgido", and "aflgiido". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "álgido", "afligidos", 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 best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is afligido, spelled A-F-L-I-G-I-D-O.
Definition
- 1Que siente o manifiesta aflicción, congoja, abatimiento o tristeza.
- 2Que indica o implica aflicción, congoja, abatimiento o tristeza.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- affligido
- afilgido
- aflgiido
- afligdio
- afliggido
- afligiddo
- afligiod
- afliigdo
- aflligido
- alfigido
- faligido
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of afligido - 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.
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 “afligido”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is A-F-L-I-G-I-D-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [afliˈxið̞o] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “álgido” - see the side-by-side comparison. afligido vs álgido
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
Same frequency band
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.