Ifigenia

[ifiˈxenja]

/[ifiˈxenja]/ name

The verdict

“Ifigenia” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #73,731 among 3,428 “I” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#73,731
frequency rank, Spanish
3,428
“I” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Hija de Agamemnón y Clitemnestra, rey de Micenas. Su padre jefe de los griegos reunidos contra Troya, la quiso sacrificar a Diana para obtener la protección de los dioses, que mantenían, gracias a ...

Corpus desk

Index ES-ifigenia · Ifigenia · Spanish

Ifigenia · rank #73,731 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #73,731
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,428
  • PHOTO-FINISH hunting

Nearest frequency peer: hunting (-2 rank slots)

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.

Rangos de cola larga cerca de “Ifigenia”

Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “Ifigenia” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Ifigenia
PropertyValue
HeadwordIfigenia
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[ifiˈxenja]
Letters8
Frequency rank#73,731
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “Ifigenia” en español

De izquierda a derecha: las pocas palabras que cargan el habla diaria, luego la cola larga casi invisible.Ifigeniacae en esta cola de rareza:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Los ticks avanzan en logaritmo; cada uno es del orden de diez veces más raro. Vecinos raros de la misma franja: “hunting” (#73,729), “ignoraste” (#73,733), “hundimientos” (#73,728). Entre 3,428 lemas con “I”, “Ifigenia” va en #73,731. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Ifigenia is uncommon Spanish at frequency #73,731 among 3,428 “I” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ifiˈxenja]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Hija de Agamemnón y Clitemnestra, rey de Micenas. Su padre jefe de los griegos reunidos contra Troya, la quiso sacrificar a Diana para obtener la protección de los dioses, que mantenían, gracias a ...".

No generated misspelling entries exist for Ifigenia in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology 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 Ifigenia, spelled I-F-I-G-E-N-I-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Hija de Agamemnón y Clitemnestra, rey de Micenas. Su padre jefe de los griegos reunidos contra Troya, la quiso sacrificar a Diana para obtener la protección de los dioses, que mantenían, gracias a los vientos adversos, la flota helénica cautiva en el puerto de Aulis. Pero la diosa substituyó a Ifigenia una ternera y se llevó la joven a Táuride, donde fue sacerdotisa suya.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Ifigenia"?
"Ifigenia" is spelled I-F-I-G-E-N-I-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ifiˈxenja].
What does "Ifigenia" mean?
As a proper noun, "Ifigenia" means: Hija de Agamemnón y Clitemnestra, rey de Micenas. Su padre jefe de los griegos reunidos contra Troya, la quiso sacrificar a Diana para obtener la protección de los dioses, que mantenían, gracias a ...
How do you pronounce "Ifigenia"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Ifigenia" is [ifiˈxenja]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Ifigenia", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list