aforismo

[afoˈɾismo]

/[afoˈɾismo]/ noun

The verdict

“aforismo” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #68,256 among 7,704 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#68,256
frequency rank, Spanish
7,704
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Declaración o sentencia concisa; acordada por un gran número de personas (foro); que pretende expresar un principio o la verdad en una manera breve, pensativa y aparentemente cerrada.

Corpus desk

Index ES-aforismo · aforismo · Spanish

aforismo · rank #68,256 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #68,256
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 7,704
  • PHOTO-FINISH agarraban

Nearest frequency peer: agarraban (+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 “aforismo”

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for aforismo
PropertyValue
Headwordaforismo
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[afoˈɾismo]
Letters8
Frequency rank#68,256
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “aforismo” en español

Esta escala corre desde el núcleo del español cotidiano (izquierda) hasta el rastro de formas rara vez usadas (derecha).aforismocae 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: “agarraban” (#68,257), “agnosticismo” (#68,259), “afianzando” (#68,252). Entre 7,704 lemas con “A”, “aforismo” va en #68,256. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

aforismo is uncommon Spanish at frequency #68,256 among 7,704 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [afoˈɾismo]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for aforismo, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, 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 aforismo, spelled A-F-O-R-I-S-M-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    Declaración o sentencia concisa; acordada por un gran número de personas (foro); que pretende expresar un principio o la verdad en una manera breve, pensativa y aparentemente cerrada.
  2. 2
    Proposición que encierra mucho sentido en pocas palabras.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

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 "aforismo"?
"aforismo" is spelled A-F-O-R-I-S-M-O. The IPA pronunciation is [afoˈɾismo].
What does "aforismo" mean?
As a noun, "aforismo" means: Declaración o sentencia concisa; acordada por un gran número de personas (foro); que pretende expresar un principio o la verdad en una manera breve, pensativa y aparentemente cerrada.
How do you pronounce "aforismo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "aforismo" is [afoˈɾismo]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "aforismo" come from?
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "aforismo", 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