esnifar
[esniˈfaɾ]
The verdict
“esnifar” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #98,412 among 5,243 “E” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #98,412
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 5,243
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Aspirar una sustancia por la nariz, especialmente cocaína u otra droga.
Corpus desk
Index ES-esnifar · esnifar · Spanish
esnifar · rank #98,412 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #98,412
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,243
- PHOTO-FINISH esforzada
Nearest frequency peer: esforzada (-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 “esnifar”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- esforzaban
esforzaban
1,591 corpus weight
- esforzada
esforzada
1,590 corpus weight
- esnifar
esnifar
1,589 corpus weight
- esperança
esperança
1,587 corpus weight
- esperpéntico
esperpéntico
1,586 corpus weight
- espiración
espiración
1,585 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “esnifar” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | esnifar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [esniˈfaɾ] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #98,412 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “esnifar” en español
Rare enough to double-check
esnifar is uncommon Spanish at frequency #98,412 among 5,243 “E” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [esniˈfaɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Aspirar una sustancia por la nariz, especialmente cocaína u otra droga.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for esnifar, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is esnifar, spelled E-S-N-I-F-A-R.
Definition
- 1Aspirar una sustancia por la nariz, especialmente cocaína u otra droga.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how esnifar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Una joven francesa muere por esnifar heroína en Nochevieja en Madrid.
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); 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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