Delfos
[ˈd̪elfos]
The verdict
“Delfos” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #59,928 among 4,885 “D” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,928
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,885
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ciudad antigua en la Grecia central, en la región de Focia, al pie del monte Parnaso. Allí estaba el Oráculo de Delfos, bajo la protección del dios Apolo.
Corpus desk
Index ES-delfos · Delfos · Spanish
Delfos · rank #59,928 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #59,928
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,885
- PHOTO-FINISH delicious
Nearest frequency peer: delicious (+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 “Delfos”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- declinado
declinado
40,076 corpus weight
- dedicatorias
dedicatorias
40,075 corpus weight
- Delfos
Delfos
40,073 corpus weight
- delicious
delicious
40,072 corpus weight
- demando
demando
40,071 corpus weight
- demostremos
demostremos
40,070 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “Delfos” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Delfos |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈd̪elfos] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #59,928 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “Delfos” en español
Rare enough to double-check
Delfos is uncommon Spanish at frequency #59,928 among 4,885 “D” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ˈd̪elfos]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Delfos doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 Delfos, spelled D-E-L-F-O-S.
Definition
- 1Ciudad antigua en la Grecia central, en la región de Focia, al pie del monte Parnaso. Allí estaba el Oráculo de Delfos, bajo la protección del dios Apolo.
- 2Ciudad de la moderna Grecia.
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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