orífice
[oˈɾifise]
The verdict
“orífice” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Artífice que trabaja en oro.
Corpus desk
Index ES-orifice · orífice · Spanish
orífice · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "O" 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 | orífice |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [oˈɾifise] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “orífice” en español
Rare enough to double-check
orífice is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [oˈɾifise]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Artífice que trabaja en oro.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for orífice, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is orífice, spelled O-R-Í-F-I-C-E.
Definition
- 1Artífice que trabaja en oro.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.