enferma

/[ẽɱˈfeɾma]/ adj

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#4,994

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

11

similar word pairs

enferma is anSpanishadj. It means: Forma del femenino singular de enfermo. Pronounced [ẽɱˈfeɾma]. It ranks #4,994 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with entera and esfera.

Key facts for enferma
PropertyValue
Headwordenferma
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdj
IPA[ẽɱˈfeɾma]
Letters7
Frequency rank#4,994
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of enferma in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for enferma is 7 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ẽɱˈfeɾma]. Corpus data places it at rank #4,994 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Forma del femenino singular de enfermo.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for enferma, with forms such as "efnerma", "enefrma", and "enfemra". 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 11 confusable-pair relationships, "entera", "esfera", "enfría", 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 enferma, spelled E-N-F-E-R-M-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Forma del femenino singular de enfermo.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: efnerma,enefrma,enfemra,enferam,enfermma,enferrma,enfferma,enfrema,ennferma,neferma

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for enferma

Misspelling Variants of "enferma"

efnerma7enefrma7enfemra7enferam7enfermma8enferrma8enfferma8enfrema7
Misspelling Variants of "enferma"

Frequency rank: #4,994 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "enferma"?
"enferma" is spelled E-N-F-E-R-M-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ẽɱˈfeɾma].
What does "enferma" mean?
As an adj, "enferma" means: Forma del femenino singular de enfermo.
What words are commonly confused with "enferma"?
"enferma" is commonly confused with "entera", "esfera", "enfría". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "enferma"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "enferma" is [ẽɱˈfeɾma]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "enferma" come from?
"enferma" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.