picaflor
[pikaˈfloɾ]
The verdict
“picaflor” is an uncommon Spanish word, ranked #92,285 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #92,285
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nombre general de diversas especies de aves de la familia de los Troquílidos (Trochilidae), de muy reducido tamaño y oriundas de América que tienen plumaje irisado, pico largo y la capacidad de cer...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | picaflor |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [pikaˈfloɾ] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #92,285 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “picaflor” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for picaflor is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [pikaˈfloɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #92,285 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No generated misspelling entries exist for picaflor in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is picaflor, spelled P-I-C-A-F-L-O-R.
Definition
- 1Nombre general de diversas especies de aves de la familia de los Troquílidos (Trochilidae), de muy reducido tamaño y oriundas de América que tienen plumaje irisado, pico largo y la capacidad de cernerse y volar hacia atrás.
- 2Nombre dado en particular al ave Sephaloides galeritus (Molina). Es una ave pequeña, de unos once centímetros, con plumaje verdoso de brillo broncíneo y de color pardo grisáceo en su parte abdominal, la parte superior de la cabeza es anaranjado iridiscente. La hembra es más pequeña y sin el colorido anaranjado de la cabeza. En Perú por ejemplo, se encuentra en la zona central, especificamente Tarma, atribuyendole una canción (Huayno) llamada "Picaflor Tarmeño".
- 3Nombre dado en particular al ave Sephaloides galeritus (Molina). Es una ave pequeña, de unos once centímetros, con plumaje verdoso de brillo broncíneo y de color pardo grisáceo en su parte abdominal, la parte superior de la cabeza es anaranjado iridiscente. La hembra es más pequeña y sin el colorido anaranjado de la cabeza. En Perú por ejemplo, se encuentra en la zona central, especificamente Tarma, atribuyendole una canción (Huayno) llamada "Picaflor Tarmeño".
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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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Using “picaflor”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is P-I-C-A-F-L-O-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [pikaˈfloɾ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
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.