alfayate
[alfaˈʝat̪e]
The verdict
“alfayate” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Persona cuyo oficio es cortar y confeccionar trajes a la medida, especialmente de hombre.
Corpus desk
Index ES-alfayate · alfayate · Spanish
alfayate · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | alfayate |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [alfaˈʝat̪e] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “alfayate” en español
Rare enough to double-check
alfayate is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [alfaˈʝat̪e]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Persona cuyo oficio es cortar y confeccionar trajes a la medida, especialmente de hombre.".
No misspelling variants are generated for alfayate in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is alfayate, spelled A-L-F-A-Y-A-T-E.
Definition
- 1Persona cuyo oficio es cortar y confeccionar trajes a la medida, especialmente de hombre.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how alfayate appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
G. coge sus tijeras de alfayate.
Synonyms
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.