coliflor
[koliˈfloɾ]
The verdict
“coliflor” has 12 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #45,821. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #45,821
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 77,812
- “C” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - (Brassica oleracea grupo ‘Botrytis’) Grupo de cultivares de col de los que se consume la pella, una gruesa masa carnosa formada por el meristema de los tallos preflorales.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | coliflor |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [koliˈfloɾ] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #45,821 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “coliflor” sits in Spanish frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around coliflor (IPA [koliˈfloɾ]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #45,821 among 77,812 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for coliflor, with forms such as "ccoliflor", "cloiflor", and "coilflor". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
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 coliflor, spelled C-O-L-I-F-L-O-R.
Definition
- 1(Brassica oleracea grupo ‘Botrytis’) Grupo de cultivares de col de los que se consume la pella, una gruesa masa carnosa formada por el meristema de los tallos preflorales.
- 2En particular, pella de la coliflor₁, que se consume como alimento en diversas preparaciones.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ccoliflor
- cloiflor
- coilflor
- colfilor
- colifflor
- colifllor
- coliflorr
- coliflro
- colifolr
- colilfor
- colliflor
- ocliflor
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of coliflor - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Using “coliflor”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is C-O-L-I-F-L-O-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [koliˈfloɾ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.