África

[ˈafɾika]

/[ˈafɾika]/ name

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The verdict

“África” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #2,276. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,276
frequency rank, Spanish
60
“Á” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
11
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Uno de los cinco continentes.

Corpus desk

Index ES-africa · África · Spanish

África · rank #2,276 · 8 variants · 11 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,276
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 60
  • PHOTO-FINISH vieron

Nearest frequency peer: vieron (-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.

Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “África”

Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino

corpus weight

What this shows “África” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

África vs arca
50% similar
África vs aria
50% similar
África vs Arica
67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for África
PropertyValue
HeadwordÁfrica
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[ˈafɾika]
Letters6
Frequency rank#2,276
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “África”

De izquierda a derecha: las pocas palabras que cargan el habla diaria, luego la cola larga casi invisible.Áfricacae aquí:

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

La escala es logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× más rara). En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “vieron” (#2,275), “árbol” (#2,277), “técnicas” (#2,274). Entre 60 lemas con “Á”, “África” va en #2,276. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around África (IPA [ˈafɾika]), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #2,276 among 60 “Á” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for África, with forms such as "fárica", "áffrica", and "áfirca". 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 11 confusable-pair relationships, "arca", "aria", "Arica", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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 África, spelled Á-F-R-I-C-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Uno de los cinco continentes.
  2. 2
    Antigua región del Imperio Romano que ocupaba aproximadamente lo que hoy es Túnez.
  3. 3
    Un asteroide, con el número de catálogo 1193, nombrado en honor al continente homónimo.
  4. 4
    Nombre de pila de mujer.

This word in other languages

Africa(English)Afrique(Français)Afrika(Deutsch)África(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • fárica
  • áffrica
  • áfirca
  • áfrcia
  • áfriac
  • áfricca
  • áfrrica
  • árfica

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of África - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

fárica2áffrica1áfirca2áfrcia2áfriac2áfricca1áfrrica1árfica2
Edit distance from "África"

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 "África"?
"África" is spelled Á-F-R-I-C-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈafɾika].
What does "África" mean?
As a proper noun, "África" means: Uno de los cinco continentes.
What words are commonly confused with "África"?
"África" is commonly confused with "arca", "aria", "Arica". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "África"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "África" is [ˈafɾika]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "África" come from?
"África" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

vieron#2,275bancos#2,282bosque#2,283causas#2,284

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

árbol8 variantsRafael8 variantseuropeo8 variantsmezcla8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list