alfa
[ˈalfa]
The verdict
“alfa” is a regularly-used Spanish word, ranked #8,215 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #8,215
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4
- letters
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Primera letra del alfabeto griego, a la que le correponde la letra a en el alfabeto latino.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | alfa |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈalfa] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #8,215 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “alfa” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for alfa is 4 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈalfa]. Corpus data places it at rank #8,215 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Primera letra del alfabeto griego, a la que le correponde la letra a en el alfabeto latino.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for alfa, with forms such as "afla", "alaf", and "alffa". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Ana", "ama", "all", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is alfa, spelled A-L-F-A.
Definition
- 1Primera letra del alfabeto griego, a la que le correponde la letra a en el alfabeto latino.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: afla,alaf,alffa,allfa,lafa
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of alfa - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “alfa”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is A-L-F-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈalfa] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Ana” - see the side-by-side comparison. alfa vs Ana
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.