Costa de Marfil
[ˈkost̪a ð̞e maɾˈfil]
The verdict
“Costa de Marfil” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - País de África occidental. Limita al sur con el golfo de Guinea, al oeste con Liberia y Guinea, al norte con Malí y Burkina Faso y al este con Ghana.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Costa de Marfil |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [ˈkost̪a ð̞e maɾˈfil] |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Costa de Marfil” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Costa de Marfil is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed [ˈkost̪a ð̞e maɾˈfil]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "País de África occidental. Limita al sur con el golfo de Guinea, al oeste con Liberia y Guinea, al norte con Malí y Burkina Faso y al este con Ghana.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Costa de Marfil, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is Costa de Marfil, spelled C-O-S-T-A- -D-E- -M-A-R-F-I-L.
Definition
- 1País de África occidental. Limita al sur con el golfo de Guinea, al oeste con Liberia y Guinea, al norte con Malí y Burkina Faso y al este con Ghana.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Costa de Marfil”
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- The one correct Spanish spelling is C-O-S-T-A- -D-E- -M-A-R-F-I-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈkost̪a ð̞e maɾˈfil] (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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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.