sefardí
[sefaɾˈð̞i]
The verdict
“sefardí” is an uncommon Spanish word, ranked #71,427 in Spanish word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #71,427
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Judío de la península ibérica (expulsado de España por los reyes católicos en 1492).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sefardí |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [sefaɾˈð̞i] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #71,427 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “sefardí” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for sefardí is 7 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [sefaɾˈð̞i]. Corpus data places it at rank #71,427 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for sefardí, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is sefardí, spelled S-E-F-A-R-D-Í.
Definition
- 1Judío de la península ibérica (expulsado de España por los reyes católicos en 1492).
- 2Todos aquellos judíos de origen distinto al askenazí (judíos de origen alemán, ruso o centroeuropeo) entonces de origen árabe, de Persia, Armenia, Georgia, Yemen e incluso India, que no guardan ningún vínculo con la cultura hispánica que distingue a los sefardíes.
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); 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 “sefardí”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is S-E-F-A-R-D-Í - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [sefaɾˈð̞i] (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
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.