delfín
Letters
6 characters
Frequency Rank
#16,551
in Spanish word usage
Misspellings
9
tracked variants
Confusables
8
similar word pairs
delfín is aSpanishnoun. It means: (familia Delphinidae) Cualquiera de varias especies de mamíferos marinos del orden de los cetáceos. Miden entre 2 y 9 metros de largo, con el cuerpo fusiforme y la cabeza grande, el hocico alargado... Pronounced [d̪elˈfĩn]. Often confused with deli and Delhi.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | delfín |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [d̪elˈfĩn] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #16,551 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 8 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for delfín is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [d̪elˈfĩn]. Corpus data places it at rank #16,551 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for delfín, with forms such as "ddelfín", "deflín", and "delffín". 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 8 confusable-pair relationships, "deli", "Delhi", "Delia", and more, 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 delfín, spelled D-E-L-F-Í-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1(familia Delphinidae) Cualquiera de varias especies de mamíferos marinos del orden de los cetáceos. Miden entre 2 y 9 metros de largo, con el cuerpo fusiforme y la cabeza grande, el hocico alargado y una única narina en la parte superior de la cabeza; la piel es normalmente gris y glabra. Son carnívoros. Se cuentan entre los más inteligentes de los animales, formando complejos sistemas sociales y comunicándose por ultrasonido. Habitan en aguas templadas y tropicales de todo el globo.
- 2Vehículo de transporte público colectivo.
- 3Estilo de natación en que el practicante se impulsa mediante la vigorosa ondulación del cuerpo, a la vez que avanza los brazos en círculos por encima de la espalda al recoger y junto al pecho al impulsarse.
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ddelfín,deflín,delffín,delfní,delfínn,dellfín,delífn,dlefín,edlfín
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
Relative frequency of common misspelling types for delfín
Misspelling Variants of "delfín"
Frequency rank: #16,551 in Spanish
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