flor del muerto
[ˈfloɾ ð̞el ˈmweɾt̪o]
The verdict
“flor del muerto” is outside the top-ranked Spanish vocabulary, used as a phrase - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - (Calendula officinalis) Hierba de la familia de las asteráceas.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | flor del muerto |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [ˈfloɾ ð̞el ˈmweɾt̪o] |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “flor del muerto” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for flor del muerto is 15 letters long, classified as a phrase, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈfloɾ ð̞el ˈmweɾt̪o]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "(Calendula officinalis) Hierba de la familia de las asteráceas.".
No misspelling variants are generated for flor del muerto in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 flor del muerto, spelled F-L-O-R- -D-E-L- -M-U-E-R-T-O.
Definition
- 1(Calendula officinalis) Hierba de la familia de las asteráceas.
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 “flor del muerto”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is F-L-O-R- -D-E-L- -M-U-E-R-T-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈfloɾ ð̞el ˈmweɾt̪o] (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.