afrodescendiente
[afɾoð̞esẽn̪ˈd̪jẽn̪t̪e]
The verdict
“afrodescendiente” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #58,967 among 120,137 “A” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,967
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 120,137
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Se dice de las personas y rasgos culturales que hacen parte de la diáspora africana, y especialmente a su presencia actual en el continente americano como consecuencia del tráfico de esclavos.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | afrodescendiente |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [afɾoð̞esẽn̪ˈd̪jẽn̪t̪e] |
| Letters | 16 |
| Frequency rank | #58,967 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “afrodescendiente” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
afrodescendiente is uncommon Spanish at frequency #58,967 among 120,137 “A” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [afɾoð̞esẽn̪ˈd̪jẽn̪t̪e]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Se dice de las personas y rasgos culturales que hacen parte de la diáspora africana, y especialmente a su presencia actual en el continente americano como consecuencia del tráfico de esclavos.".
No misspelling variants are generated for afrodescendiente in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 afrodescendiente, spelled A-F-R-O-D-E-S-C-E-N-D-I-E-N-T-E.
Definition
- 1Se dice de las personas y rasgos culturales que hacen parte de la diáspora africana, y especialmente a su presencia actual en el continente americano como consecuencia del tráfico de esclavos.
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 “afrodescendiente”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is A-F-R-O-D-E-S-C-E-N-D-I-E-N-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.