pánfilo
[ˈpãɱfilo]
The verdict
“pánfilo” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #76,686 among 6,028 “P” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #76,686
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6,028
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Bobo, simple y de reacciones lentas.
Corpus desk
Index ES-panfilo · pánfilo · Spanish
pánfilo · rank #76,686 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #76,686
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,028
- PHOTO-FINISH puñados
Nearest frequency peer: puñados (-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 “pánfilo”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- prost
prost
23,320 corpus weight
- proxenetismo
proxenetismo
23,319 corpus weight
- pulverizado
pulverizado
23,317 corpus weight
- puñados
puñados
23,316 corpus weight
- pánfilo
pánfilo
23,315 corpus weight
- quebrantando
quebrantando
23,312 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “pánfilo” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pánfilo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈpãɱfilo] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #76,686 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “pánfilo” en español
Rare enough to double-check
pánfilo is uncommon Spanish at frequency #76,686 among 6,028 “P” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈpãɱfilo]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for pánfilo, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is pánfilo, spelled P-Á-N-F-I-L-O.
Definition
- 1Bobo, simple y de reacciones lentas.
- 2Juego en el que había que soplar al tiempo que se decía ¡Pánfilo! para evitar ser quemado con una cerilla.
This word in other languages
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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