kéfir
[ˈkefiɾ]
The verdict
“kéfir” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Bebida fermentada, preparada a base de leche de oveja, vaca o cabra.
Corpus desk
Index ES-kefir · kéfir · Spanish
kéfir · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "K" 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 | kéfir |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈkefiɾ] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “kéfir” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
kéfir is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈkefiɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for kéfir, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is kéfir, spelled K-É-F-I-R.
Definition
- 1Bebida fermentada, preparada a base de leche de oveja, vaca o cabra.
- 2Granulos utilizados para la preparación del kéfir₁, es una combinación de bacterias probióticas y levaduras en una matriz de proteínas, lípidos y azúcares.
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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.