jirafa
[xiˈɾafa]
The verdict
“jirafa” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #33,186 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #33,186
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6
- letters
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - (Giraffa camelopardalis) Mamífero artiodáctilo africano, herbívoro, rumiante, vive en pequeños rebaños de diez a veinte individuos. Es el animal más alto del mundo con una altura entre 4,80 metros ...
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | jirafa |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [xiˈɾafa] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #33,186 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “jirafa” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for jirafa is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [xiˈɾafa]. Corpus data places it at rank #33,186 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for jirafa, with forms such as "ijrafa", "jiarfa", and "jiraaf". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "jurada", "juraba", "jirafas", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 jirafa, spelled J-I-R-A-F-A.
Definition
- 1(Giraffa camelopardalis) Mamífero artiodáctilo africano, herbívoro, rumiante, vive en pequeños rebaños de diez a veinte individuos. Es el animal más alto del mundo con una altura entre 4,80 metros y 5,5 metros; tiene un peso entre los 600 y los 900 kilos y es capaz de correr a 60 km por hora. Desde el punto de vista anatómico destacan su largo cuello de siete vértebras, y su potente corazón que debe bombear la sangre hasta la cabeza y evitar que se acumule en sus largas patas.
- 2Persona delgada de gran estatura.
- 3Aparato que acerca y aleja el micrófono en los escenarios de cine y televisión.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ijrafa,jiarfa,jiraaf,jiraffa,jirfaa,jirrafa,jjirafa,jriafa
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of jirafa - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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.
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Using “jirafa”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is J-I-R-A-F-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [xiˈɾafa] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “jurada” - see the side-by-side comparison. jirafa vs jurada
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.