afluir
[aˈflwiɾ]
The verdict
“afluir” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Llegar algo abundantemente en una dirección, al modo de una corriente o de un líquido.
Corpus desk
Index ES-afluir · afluir · Spanish
afluir · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | afluir |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [aˈflwiɾ] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “afluir” en español
Rare enough to double-check
afluir is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [aˈflwiɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for afluir, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is afluir, spelled A-F-L-U-I-R.
Definition
- 1Llegar algo abundantemente en una dirección, al modo de una corriente o de un líquido.
- 2Descender el agua, u otro líquido, hacia otras aguas, o líquidos, corrientes o inmóviles, situados a menor altura.
- 3Fluir o moverse hacia un punto.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how afluir appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Terminado el espectáculo el público afluye hacia las salidas.
Me miro al espejo y me veo, definitivamente marcadas bajo los ojos, esas pequeñas arrugas que sólo me afluían, antes, al reír.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.