alforja

/[alˈfoɾxa]/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#81,657

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

alforja is aSpanishnoun. It means: Bolsa o talego que se lleva a lomos de una cabalgadura o sobre una motocicleta, normalmente formada por dos estuches que cuelgan uno a cada lado, unidos por correas. Pronounced [alˈfoɾxa].

Key facts for alforja
PropertyValue
Headwordalforja
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[alˈfoɾxa]
Letters7
Frequency rank#81,657
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of alforja in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for alforja is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [alˈfoɾxa]. Corpus data places it at rank #81,657 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for alforja in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable Spanish patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

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. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is alforja, spelled A-L-F-O-R-J-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Bolsa o talego que se lleva a lomos de una cabalgadura o sobre una motocicleta, normalmente formada por dos estuches que cuelgan uno a cada lado, unidos por correas.
  2. 2
    Provisión de los comestibles y enseres necesarios para el camino.
  3. 3
    Por extensión, provisión de cualquier cosa útil y provechosa.

This word in other languages

Frequency rank: #81,657 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "alforja"?
"alforja" is spelled A-L-F-O-R-J-A. The IPA pronunciation is [alˈfoɾxa].
What does "alforja" mean?
As a noun, "alforja" means: Bolsa o talego que se lleva a lomos de una cabalgadura o sobre una motocicleta, normalmente formada por dos estuches que cuelgan uno a cada lado, unidos por correas.
How do you pronounce "alforja"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "alforja" is [alˈfoɾxa]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "alforja" come from?
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.