afrikáner
[afɾiˈkaneɾ]
The verdict
“afrikáner” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Persona descendiente de los colonos holandeses que poblaron Sudáfrica.
Corpus desk
Index ES-afrikaner · afrikáner · Spanish
afrikáner · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | afrikáner |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [afɾiˈkaneɾ] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “afrikáner” en español
Rare enough to double-check
afrikáner is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [afɾiˈkaneɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for afrikáner, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is afrikáner, spelled A-F-R-I-K-Á-N-E-R.
Definition
- 1Persona descendiente de los colonos holandeses que poblaron Sudáfrica.
- 2Se dice de algo que proviene o tiene relación con los descendientes de los colonos holandeses en Sudáfrica.
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.