parafina
[paɾaˈfina]
The verdict
“parafina” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #50,454 among 6,028 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,454
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6,028
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Substancia sólida, blanca, trasluciente, inodora, muy ligera y fusible a 43 grados centígrados. Se obtiene destilando petróleo o alquitrán y tiene aplicaciones como fabricar bujías.
Corpus desk
Index ES-parafina · parafina · Spanish
parafina · rank #50,454 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,454
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,028
- PHOTO-FINISH palpita
Nearest frequency peer: palpita (-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 “parafina”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- paladines
paladines
49,550 corpus weight
- palpita
palpita
49,548 corpus weight
- parafina
parafina
49,547 corpus weight
- parish
parish
49,545 corpus weight
- pasabas
pasabas
49,544 corpus weight
- pasacalles
pasacalles
49,543 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “parafina” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | parafina |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [paɾaˈfina] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #50,454 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “parafina” en español
Rare enough to double-check
parafina is uncommon Spanish at frequency #50,454 among 6,028 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [paɾaˈfina]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Substancia sólida, blanca, trasluciente, inodora, muy ligera y fusible a 43 grados centígrados. Se obtiene destilando petróleo o alquitrán y tiene aplicaciones como fabricar bujías.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for parafina, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is parafina, spelled P-A-R-A-F-I-N-A.
Definition
- 1Substancia sólida, blanca, trasluciente, inodora, muy ligera y fusible a 43 grados centígrados. Se obtiene destilando petróleo o alquitrán y tiene aplicaciones como fabricar bujías.
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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