eglefino
[eɣ̞leˈfino]
The verdict
“eglefino” is outside the top-ranked Spanish vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - (Melanogrammus aeglefinus) Pez gadiforme de la familia de los gádidos (Gadidae) propio de ambas zonas costeras del océano Atlántico. Similar al bacalao y caracterizado por una línea lateral negra a...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | eglefino |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [eɣ̞leˈfino] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “eglefino” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for eglefino is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [eɣ̞leˈfino]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "(Melanogrammus aeglefinus) Pez gadiforme de la familia de los gádidos (Gadidae) propio de ambas zonas costeras del océano Atlántico. Similar al bacalao y caracterizado por una línea lateral negra a...".
eglefino has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
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 eglefino, spelled E-G-L-E-F-I-N-O.
Definition
- 1(Melanogrammus aeglefinus) Pez gadiforme de la familia de los gádidos (Gadidae) propio de ambas zonas costeras del océano Atlántico. Similar al bacalao y caracterizado por una línea lateral negra a ambos costados, es una especie pescada y comercializada especialmente para el consumo humano.
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 “eglefino”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is E-G-L-E-F-I-N-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [eɣ̞leˈfino] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.