salsifí
[salsiˈfi]
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 May 6, 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 ...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | salsifí |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [salsiˈfi] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “salsifí” sits in Spanish frequency
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(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.
This word in other languages
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.
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Using “salsifí”
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- The one correct Spanish spelling is S-A-L-S-I-F-Í - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [salsiˈfi] (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.