rastafari

/[rast̪aˈfaɾi]/ adj

The verdict

“rastafari” is an uncommon Spanish word, ranked #66,449 in Spanish word frequency and used as an adjective.

#66,449
frequency rank, Spanish
9
letters

Dominant Wiktionary sense: Relativo a un movimiento espiritual de origen jamaicano influenciado por corrientes de pensamiento locales, de tipo filosófico y espirituales, tales como el panafricanismo, el afroamericano, el hin...

Key facts for rastafari
PropertyValue
Headwordrastafari
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[rast̪aˈfaɾi]
Letters9
Frequency rank#66,449
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “rastafari” sits in Spanish frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). rastafari lands here:

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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for rastafari is 9 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [rast̪aˈfaɾi]. Corpus data places it at rank #66,449 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Relativo a un movimiento espiritual de origen jamaicano influenciado por corrientes de pensamiento locales, de tipo filosófico y espirituales, tales como el panafricanismo, el afroamericano, el hin...".

No misspelling variants are generated for rastafari in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is rastafari, spelled R-A-S-T-A-F-A-R-I, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Relativo a un movimiento espiritual de origen jamaicano influenciado por corrientes de pensamiento locales, de tipo filosófico y espirituales, tales como el panafricanismo, el afroamericano, el hinduismo, la tradición judeocristiana, y tradiciones de raíz africana como la Kumina procedente del Congo, entre otras, con un claro enfoque afrocéntrico y una fuerte concepción de diáspora.

Frequency rank: #66,449 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "rastafari"?
"rastafari" is spelled R-A-S-T-A-F-A-R-I. The IPA pronunciation is [rast̪aˈfaɾi].
What does "rastafari" mean?
As an adjective, "rastafari" means: Relativo a un movimiento espiritual de origen jamaicano influenciado por corrientes de pensamiento locales, de tipo filosófico y espirituales, tales como el panafricanismo, el afroamericano, el hin...
How do you pronounce "rastafari"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "rastafari" is [rast̪aˈfaɾi]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "rastafari" come from?
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Using “rastafari”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Spanish spelling is R-A-S-T-A-F-A-R-I — every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [rast̪aˈfaɾi] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words

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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.