rafia
[ˈrafja]
The verdict
“rafia” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Hilo o cordel de fibra natural, proveniente de una especie de palma de África y América tropicales del género Raphia. Se trata de una fibra muy resistente y flexible, se usa en la industria del cor...
Corpus desk
Index ES-rafia · rafia · Spanish
rafia · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "R" 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 | rafia |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈrafja] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “rafia” en español
Rare enough to double-check
rafia is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈrafja]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for rafia, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is rafia, spelled R-A-F-I-A.
Definition
- 1Hilo o cordel de fibra natural, proveniente de una especie de palma de África y América tropicales del género Raphia. Se trata de una fibra muy resistente y flexible, se usa en la industria del cordado y en la textil como materia prima en sustitución del yute.
- 2(Raphia) Palmera que origina este tipo de hilo, de grueso estipe, grandes hojas pinnadas, enormes frutos elípticos.
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.