ferri
[ˈferi]
The verdict
“ferri” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #52,277 among 18,759 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,277
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 18,759
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Embarcación empleada para transportar gente, automóviles y productos de un puerto a otro, generalmente a poca distancia y dentro de un horario regular.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ferri |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈferi] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #52,277 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “ferri” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
ferri is uncommon Spanish at frequency #52,277 among 18,759 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈferi]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Embarcación empleada para transportar gente, automóviles y productos de un puerto a otro, generalmente a poca distancia y dentro de un horario regular.".
Zero misspellings are on record for ferri in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is ferri, spelled F-E-R-R-I.
Definition
- 1Embarcación empleada para transportar gente, automóviles y productos de un puerto a otro, generalmente a poca distancia y dentro de un horario regular.
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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 “ferri”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is F-E-R-R-I - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈferi] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.