rifa
[ˈrifa]
The verdict
“rifa” has 5 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #31,538. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #31,538
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,151
- “R” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Juego de azar donde varias personas compran una o más oportunidades de ganar uno o más premios.
Corpus desk
Index ES-rifa · rifa · Spanish
rifa · rank #31,538 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #31,538
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,151
- PHOTO-FINISH rindan
Nearest frequency peer: rindan (+1 rank slots)
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.
Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “rifa”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- rescates
rescates
68,466 corpus weight
- retrocede
retrocede
68,465 corpus weight
- rifa
rifa
68,463 corpus weight
- rindan
rindan
68,462 corpus weight
- rogamos
rogamos
68,461 corpus weight
- romería
romería
68,460 corpus weight
What this shows “rifa” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | rifa |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈrifa] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #31,538 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “rifa”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around rifa (IPA [ˈrifa]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #31,538 among 4,151 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for rifa, with forms such as "irfa", "rfia", and "riaf". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "río", "RIP", "rin", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is rifa, spelled R-I-F-A.
Definition
- 1Juego de azar donde varias personas compran una o más oportunidades de ganar uno o más premios.
- 2Conflicto, riña.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- irfa
- rfia
- riaf
- riffa
- rrifa
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of rifa - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "rifa", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).