ferri

/[ˈferi]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#52,277

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

ferri is aSpanishnoun. It means: Embarcación empleada para transportar gente, automóviles y productos de un puerto a otro, generalmente a poca distancia y dentro de un horario regular. Pronounced [ˈferi].

Key facts for ferri
PropertyValue
Headwordferri
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈferi]
Letters5
Frequency rank#52,277
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of ferri in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for ferri is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈferi]. Corpus data places it at rank #52,277 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Embarcación empleada para transportar gente, automóviles y productos de un puerto a otro, generalmente a poca distancia y dentro de un horario regular.".

No misspelling variants are generated for ferri in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is ferri, spelled F-E-R-R-I, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Embarcación 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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This word in other languages

Frequency rank: #52,277 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "ferri"?
"ferri" is spelled F-E-R-R-I. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈferi].
What does "ferri" mean?
As a noun, "ferri" means: Embarcación empleada para transportar gente, automóviles y productos de un puerto a otro, generalmente a poca distancia y dentro de un horario regular.
How do you pronounce "ferri"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ferri" is [ˈferi]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ferri" come from?
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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.