jirafa

Name: jirafa, Spanish Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

[xiˈɾafa]

/[xiˈɾafa]/ noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“jirafa” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #33,186. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#33,186
frequency rank, Spanish: 645
“J” headwords: 8
tracked misspellings: 3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 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 ...

Corpus desk

Index ES-jirafa · jirafa · Spanish

jirafa · rank #33,186 · 8 variants · 3 confusables

FREQ-MID #33,186
LEN-LONG 6 letters
VOW-3 3 vowels
CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
VAR-MID 8 variants
BOOK-MID 645
PHOTO-FINISH investigada

Nearest frequency peer: investigada (-1 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.

intrínseca

66,818
invenciones

66,817
investigada

66,816
jirafa

66,815
jugarse

66,814
Karin

66,813

What this shows “jirafa” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

jirafa vs jurada

67% similar

jirafa vs juraba

67% similar

jirafa vs jirafas

86% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for jirafa
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)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “jirafa”

De izquierda a derecha: las pocas palabras que cargan el habla diaria, luego la cola larga casi invisible.jirafacae aquí:

#33,186

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Los ticks avanzan en logaritmo; cada uno es del orden de diez veces más raro. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “investigada” (#33,185), “jugarse” (#33,187), “invenciones” (#33,184). Entre 645 lemas con “J”, “jirafa” va en #33,186. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around jirafa (IPA [xiˈɾafa]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #33,186 among 645 “J” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

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.
2
Persona delgada de gran estatura.
3
Aparato que acerca y aleja el micrófono en los escenarios de cine y televisión.

Synonyms

camello pardalpardal

This word in other languages

giraffe(English)girafe(Français)Giraffe(Deutsch)girafa(Português)

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.

Edit distance from "jirafa"

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 "jirafa"?

"jirafa" is spelled J-I-R-A-F-A. The IPA pronunciation is [xiˈɾafa].

What does "jirafa" mean?

As a noun, "jirafa" means: (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 ...

What words are commonly confused with "jirafa"?

"jirafa" is commonly confused with "jurada", "juraba", "jirafas". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "jirafa"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "jirafa" is [xiˈɾafa]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "jirafa" come from?

"jirafa" is a Spanish word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.

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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

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