salsifí

[salsiˈfi]

/[salsiˈfi]/ noun

The verdict

“salsifí” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency Spanish
7
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (Tragopogon porrifolius) Planta bienal de la familia de las Compuestas, nativa de la Europa mediterránea. Tiene flores color púrpura muy vistosas. Sus raíces tienen una forma cónica y son de color ...

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Index ES-salsifi · salsifí · Spanish

salsifí · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "S" 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.

Key facts for salsifí
PropertyValue
Headwordsalsifí
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[salsiˈfi]
Letters7
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “salsifí” en español

salsifíqueda fuera de las 100.000 palabras españolas más frecuentes, en la cola larga de vocabulario técnico, arcaico o raro, justo donde más se duda de la ortografía.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

salsifí is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [salsiˈfi]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "(Tragopogon porrifolius) Planta bienal de la familia de las Compuestas, nativa de la Europa mediterránea. Tiene flores color púrpura muy vistosas. Sus raíces tienen una forma cónica y son de color ...".

No misspelling variants are generated for salsifí in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is salsifí, spelled S-A-L-S-I-F-Í.

Definition

  1. 1
    (Tragopogon porrifolius) Planta bienal de la familia de las Compuestas, nativa de la Europa mediterránea. Tiene flores color púrpura muy vistosas. Sus raíces tienen una forma cónica y son de color amarillo blancuzco, miden unos 15 cm de largo y dos o tres de grueso. Como hortaliza sus hojas se consumen crudas en ensaladas, fritas y guisadas de diversas formas, las raíces se consumen cocidas. En medicina natural la decocción sirve contra la gota y el reumatismo.

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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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "salsifí"?
"salsifí" is spelled S-A-L-S-I-F-Í. The IPA pronunciation is [salsiˈfi].
What does "salsifí" mean?
As a noun, "salsifí" means: (Tragopogon porrifolius) Planta bienal de la familia de las Compuestas, nativa de la Europa mediterránea. Tiene flores color púrpura muy vistosas. Sus raíces tienen una forma cónica y son de color ...
How do you pronounce "salsifí"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "salsifí" is [salsiˈfi]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "salsifí" come from?
"salsifí" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list