asfixiar
[asfikˈsjaɾ]
The verdict
“asfixiar” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #58,283 among 7,704 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,283
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7,704
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Provocar la falta o el corte de la respiración.
Corpus desk
Index ES-asfixiar · asfixiar · Spanish
asfixiar · rank #58,283 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #58,283
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 7,704
- PHOTO-FINISH asentir
Nearest frequency peer: asentir (-1 rank slots)
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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “asfixiar”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- arriesgamos
arriesgamos
41,721 corpus weight
- asentir
asentir
41,719 corpus weight
- asfixiar
asfixiar
41,718 corpus weight
- asisto
asisto
41,717 corpus weight
- asociamos
asociamos
41,716 corpus weight
- asociativo
asociativo
41,715 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “asfixiar” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | asfixiar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [asfikˈsjaɾ] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #58,283 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “asfixiar” en español
Rare enough to double-check
asfixiar is uncommon Spanish at frequency #58,283 among 7,704 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [asfikˈsjaɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Provocar la falta o el corte de la respiración.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for asfixiar in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is asfixiar, spelled A-S-F-I-X-I-A-R.
Definition
- 1Provocar la falta o el corte de la respiración.
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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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