boyfriend
/ˈbɔɪˌfɹɛnd/
The verdict
“boyfriend” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #71,667 among 2,459 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #71,667
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 2,459
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Novio, pareja, compañero sentimental masculino.
Corpus desk
Index ES-boyfriend · boyfriend · Spanish
boyfriend · rank #71,667 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #71,667
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,459
- PHOTO-FINISH boreales
Nearest frequency peer: boreales (-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 “boyfriend”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- bitter
bitter
28,339 corpus weight
- blessed
blessed
28,338 corpus weight
- bochornosa
bochornosa
28,337 corpus weight
- boreales
boreales
28,335 corpus weight
- boyfriend
boyfriend
28,334 corpus weight
- burlesco
burlesco
28,330 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “boyfriend” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | boyfriend |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈbɔɪˌfɹɛnd/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #71,667 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “boyfriend” en español
Rare enough to double-check
boyfriend is uncommon Spanish at frequency #71,667 among 2,459 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈbɔɪˌfɹɛnd/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for boyfriend, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. 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.
No borrowing history is documented 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 boyfriend, spelled B-O-Y-F-R-I-E-N-D.
Definition
- 1Novio, pareja, compañero sentimental masculino.
- 2Amigo de género masculino.
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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