alófono
Spanish, noun/aˈlofono/
alófono is spelled A-L-Ó-F-O-N-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 37 million words in written Spanish, the 217,717th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Alófono is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “allophone (alternative pronunciation for a phoneme)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Cada una de las diferentes formas de pronunciar un fonema en función de su posición en la palabra o frase…”.
What does alófono mean in English?
adjective
- 1
allophone
noun
- 1
masculineallophone (alternative pronunciation for a phoneme)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Se dice de la persona que habla una lengua diferente a la nuestra.
noun: 1. Cada una de las diferentes formas de pronunciar un fonema en función de su posición en la palabra o frase, debido a la influencia que sobre su pronunciación ejercen los otros fonemas.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of alófono
- alófona feminine
- alófonos masculine plural
- alófonas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce alófono?
- /aˈlofono/
- [aˈlo.fo.no]
- [aˈlofono]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to alófono
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is alófono in Spanish?
alófono appears about once in every 37 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).