azufre

/[aˈsufɾe]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#16,509

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

3

similar word pairs

azufre is aSpanishnoun. It means: El azufre es un elemento químico de número atómico 16 y símbolo S. Es un no metal abundante e insípido. El azufre se encuentra en sulfuros y sulfatos e incluso en forma nativa (especialmente en reg... Pronounced [aˈsufɾe]. Often confused with azur and Apure.

Key facts for azufre
PropertyValue
Headwordazufre
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[aˈsufɾe]
Letters6
Frequency rank#16,509
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for azufre is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [aˈsufɾe]. Corpus data places it at rank #16,509 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "El azufre es un elemento químico de número atómico 16 y símbolo S. Es un no metal abundante e insípido. El azufre se encuentra en sulfuros y sulfatos e incluso en forma nativa (especialmente en reg...".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for azufre, with forms such as "auzfre", "azfure", and "azufer". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "azur", "Apure", "aburre", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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 azufre, spelled A-Z-U-F-R-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

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    El azufre es un elemento químico de número atómico 16 y símbolo S. Es un no metal abundante e insípido. El azufre se encuentra en sulfuros y sulfatos e incluso en forma nativa (especialmente en regiones volcánicas). Es un elemento químico esencial para todos los organismos y necesario para muchos aminoácidos y por consiguiente también para las proteínas. Se usa principalmente como fertilizante pero también en la fabricación de pólvora, laxantes, cerillas e insecticidas.

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: auzfre,azfure,azufer,azuffre,azufrre,azurfe,azzufre,zaufre

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for azufre

Misspelling Variants of "azufre"

auzfre6azfure6azufer6azuffre7azufrre7azurfe6azzufre7zaufre6
Misspelling Variants of "azufre"

Frequency rank: #16,509 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "azufre"?
"azufre" is spelled A-Z-U-F-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is [aˈsufɾe].
What does "azufre" mean?
As a noun, "azufre" means: El azufre es un elemento químico de número atómico 16 y símbolo S. Es un no metal abundante e insípido. El azufre se encuentra en sulfuros y sulfatos e incluso en forma nativa (especialmente en reg...
What words are commonly confused with "azufre"?
"azufre" is commonly confused with "azur", "Apure", "aburre". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "azufre"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "azufre" is [aˈsufɾe]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "azufre" come from?
"azufre" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.