estrafalario
[est̪ɾafaˈlaɾjo]
The verdict
“estrafalario” is an uncommon Spanish word, ranked #69,381 in Spanish word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #69,381
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Dicho de una cosa, que llama la atención por su rareza.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | estrafalario |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [est̪ɾafaˈlaɾjo] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #69,381 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “estrafalario” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for estrafalario is 12 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [est̪ɾafaˈlaɾjo]. Corpus data places it at rank #69,381 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for estrafalario, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. 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.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is estrafalario, spelled E-S-T-R-A-F-A-L-A-R-I-O.
Definition
- 1Dicho de una cosa, que llama la atención por su rareza.
- 2Dicho de una persona, que se viste o actúa de una manera desaliñada, no acorde a los cánones prescritos por la sociedad.
Synonyms
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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Using “estrafalario”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is E-S-T-R-A-F-A-L-A-R-I-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [est̪ɾafaˈlaɾjo] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.