rastafari
[rast̪aˈfaɾi]
The verdict
“rastafari” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #66,449 among 48,955 “R” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,449
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 48,955
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - 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...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | rastafari |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [rast̪aˈfaɾi] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #66,449 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “rastafari” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
rastafari is uncommon Spanish at frequency #66,449 among 48,955 “R” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [rast̪aˈfaɾi]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "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 generated misspelling entries exist for rastafari in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is rastafari, spelled R-A-S-T-A-F-A-R-I.
Definition
- 1Relativo 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.
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 “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.
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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.