fiebre amarilla
[ˈfjeβ̞ɾe amaˈɾiʝa]
The verdict
“fiebre amarilla” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Enfermedad viral aguda e infecciosa de las zonas tropicales, que causa hemorragias y, a veces, ictericia. Es transmitida por la picadura del mosquito Aedes aegypti y otros mosquitos de los géneros ...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fiebre amarilla |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [ˈfjeβ̞ɾe amaˈɾiʝa] |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “fiebre amarilla” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
fiebre amarilla is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed [ˈfjeβ̞ɾe amaˈɾiʝa]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Enfermedad viral aguda e infecciosa de las zonas tropicales, que causa hemorragias y, a veces, ictericia. Es transmitida por la picadura del mosquito Aedes aegypti y otros mosquitos de los géneros ...".
fiebre amarilla has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is fiebre amarilla, spelled F-I-E-B-R-E- -A-M-A-R-I-L-L-A.
Definition
- 1Enfermedad viral aguda e infecciosa de las zonas tropicales, que causa hemorragias y, a veces, ictericia. Es transmitida por la picadura del mosquito Aedes aegypti y otros mosquitos de los géneros Aedes, Haemagogus y Sabethes.
Synonyms
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.
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Using “fiebre amarilla”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is F-I-E-B-R-E- -A-M-A-R-I-L-L-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈfjeβ̞ɾe amaˈɾiʝa] (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.