ignífugo
[iɣ̞ˈnifuɣ̞o]
The verdict
“ignífugo” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Que no prende fuego y protege de las llamas.
Corpus desk
Index ES-ignifugo · ignífugo · Spanish
ignífugo · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "I" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ignífugo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [iɣ̞ˈnifuɣ̞o] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “ignífugo” en español
Rare enough to double-check
ignífugo is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [iɣ̞ˈnifuɣ̞o]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Que no prende fuego y protege de las llamas.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for ignífugo, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
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 ignífugo, spelled I-G-N-Í-F-U-G-O.
Definition
- 1Que no prende fuego y protege de las llamas.
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.