farfolla
[faɾˈfoʝa]
The verdict
“farfolla” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Hoja que recubre la panoja o mazorca de maíz, mijo y panizo.
Corpus desk
Index ES-farfolla · farfolla · Spanish
farfolla · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "F" 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 | farfolla |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [faɾˈfoʝa] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
farfolla is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [faɾˈfoʝa]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for farfolla in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. 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 entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 farfolla, spelled F-A-R-F-O-L-L-A.
Definition
- 1Hoja que recubre la panoja o mazorca de maíz, mijo y panizo.
- 2Cosa de gran apariencia pero poca sustancia o esencia.
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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.