neófito
[neˈofit̪o]
The verdict
“neófito” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #83,208 among 1,151 “N” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #83,208
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 1,151
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dicho de una persona, recientemente incorporada a una actividad, agrupación o colectividad
Corpus desk
Index ES-neofito · neófito · Spanish
neófito · rank #83,208 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #83,208
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,151
- PHOTO-FINISH neuquino
Nearest frequency peer: neuquino (-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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “neófito”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- muérdago
muérdago
16,800 corpus weight
- Nap
Nap
16,797 corpus weight
- negreros
negreros
16,795 corpus weight
- neuquino
neuquino
16,794 corpus weight
- neófito
neófito
16,793 corpus weight
- nubarrones
nubarrones
16,786 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “neófito” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | neófito |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [neˈofit̪o] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #83,208 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “neófito” en español
Rare enough to double-check
neófito is uncommon Spanish at frequency #83,208 among 1,151 “N” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [neˈofit̪o]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for neófito in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is neófito, spelled N-E-Ó-F-I-T-O.
Definition
- 1Dicho de una persona, recientemente incorporada a una actividad, agrupación o colectividad
- 2Recientemente converso a una religión
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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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