quimeriforme
[kimeɾiˈfoɾme]
The verdict
“quimeriforme” is outside the top-ranked Spanish vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Orden de peces cartilaginosos, el único superviviente de la subclase Holocephali, que incluye las quimeras o tiburones fantasma. La morfología de estos animales se conoce desde finales del Devónico...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | quimeriforme |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kimeɾiˈfoɾme] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “quimeriforme” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for quimeriforme is 12 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [kimeɾiˈfoɾme]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Orden de peces cartilaginosos, el único superviviente de la subclase Holocephali, que incluye las quimeras o tiburones fantasma. La morfología de estos animales se conoce desde finales del Devónico...".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for quimeriforme, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is quimeriforme, spelled Q-U-I-M-E-R-I-F-O-R-M-E.
Definition
- 1Orden de peces cartilaginosos, el único superviviente de la subclase Holocephali, que incluye las quimeras o tiburones fantasma. La morfología de estos animales se conoce desde finales del Devónico, pero en la actualidad solo sobreviven 47 especies.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “quimeriforme”
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- The one correct Spanish spelling is Q-U-I-M-E-R-I-F-O-R-M-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [kimeɾiˈfoɾme] (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.