aljáfana
[alˈxafana]
The verdict
“aljáfana” 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) - Vasija o recipiente de gran diámetro y escasa profundidad, que se emplea, generalmente, para lavarse la cara o las manos.
Corpus desk
Index ES-aljafana · aljáfana · Spanish
aljáfana · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 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 | aljáfana |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [alˈxafana] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “aljáfana” en español
Rare enough to double-check
aljáfana is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [alˈxafana]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Vasija o recipiente de gran diámetro y escasa profundidad, que se emplea, generalmente, para lavarse la cara o las manos.".
Zero misspellings are on record for aljáfana in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
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. The correct Spanish form is aljáfana, spelled A-L-J-Á-F-A-N-A.
Definition
- 1Vasija o recipiente de gran diámetro y escasa profundidad, que se emplea, generalmente, para lavarse la cara o las manos.
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.