influir

/[ĩɱˈflwiɾ]/ verb

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#9,306

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

10

similar word pairs

influir is aSpanishverb. It means: Alterar o cambiar la forma de pensar o actuar de una persona o cosa. Pronounced [ĩɱˈflwiɾ]. It ranks #9,306 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with intuir and influye.

Key facts for influir
PropertyValue
Headwordinfluir
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ĩɱˈflwiɾ]
Letters7
Frequency rank#9,306
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for influir is 7 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ĩɱˈflwiɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #9,306 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for influir, with forms such as "ifnluir", "inffluir", and "infliur". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 10 confusable-pair relationships, "intuir", "influye", "influjo", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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 influir, spelled I-N-F-L-U-I-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Alterar o cambiar la forma de pensar o actuar de una persona o cosa.
  2. 2
    Producir efectos sobre otra cosa.

Synonyms

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ifnluir,inffluir,infliur,inflluir,influirr,influri,infulir,inlfuir,innfluir,nifluir

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for influir

Misspelling Variants of "influir"

ifnluir7inffluir8infliur7inflluir8influirr8influri7infulir7inlfuir7
Misspelling Variants of "influir"

Frequency rank: #9,306 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "influir"?
"influir" is spelled I-N-F-L-U-I-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ĩɱˈflwiɾ].
What does "influir" mean?
As a verb, "influir" means: Alterar o cambiar la forma de pensar o actuar de una persona o cosa.
What words are commonly confused with "influir"?
"influir" is commonly confused with "intuir", "influye", "influjo". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "influir"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "influir" is [ĩɱˈflwiɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "influir" come from?
"influir" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.