esfumar
[esfuˈmaɾ]
The verdict
“esfumar” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Hacer que un color o contorno vaya perdiendo intensidad o definición gradualmente, para producir efectos tales como el empaste de las sombras, la vaguedad, la lejanía, etc.
Corpus desk
Index ES-esfumar · esfumar · Spanish
esfumar · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "E" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | esfumar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [esfuˈmaɾ] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “esfumar” en español
Rare enough to double-check
esfumar is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [esfuˈmaɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Hacer que un color o contorno vaya perdiendo intensidad o definición gradualmente, para producir efectos tales como el empaste de las sombras, la vaguedad, la lejanía, etc.".
No misspelling variants are generated for esfumar in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is esfumar, spelled E-S-F-U-M-A-R.
Definition
- 1Hacer que un color o contorno vaya perdiendo intensidad o definición gradualmente, para producir efectos tales como el empaste de las sombras, la vaguedad, la lejanía, etc.
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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.