febrífugo
[feˈβ̞ɾifuɣ̞o]
The verdict
“febrífugo” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Que sirve para combatir la fiebre.
Corpus desk
Index ES-febrifugo · febrífugo · Spanish
febrífugo · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | febrífugo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [feˈβ̞ɾifuɣ̞o] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “febrífugo” en español
Rare enough to double-check
febrífugo is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [feˈβ̞ɾifuɣ̞o]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Que sirve para combatir la fiebre.".
febrífugo doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, 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 febrífugo, spelled F-E-B-R-Í-F-U-G-O.
Definition
- 1Que sirve para combatir la fiebre.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how febrífugo appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Tengo un medicamento mejor que todas las drogas, amigo Dick, y naturalmente, voy a darte un febrífugo que no costará nada
Synonyms
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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.