sefardí

/[sefaɾˈð̞i]/ adj

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#71,427

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

sefardí is anSpanishadj. It means: Judío de la península ibérica (expulsado de España por los reyes católicos en 1492). Pronounced [sefaɾˈð̞i].

Key facts for sefardí
PropertyValue
Headwordsefardí
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdj
IPA[sefaɾˈð̞i]
Letters7
Frequency rank#71,427
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of sefardí in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for sefardí is 7 letters long, classified as anadj, 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.

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for sefardí in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable Spanish patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is sefardí, spelled S-E-F-A-R-D-Í, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Judío de la península ibérica (expulsado de España por los reyes católicos en 1492).
  2. 2
    Todos 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

Frequency rank: #71,427 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "sefardí"?
"sefardí" is spelled S-E-F-A-R-D-Í. The IPA pronunciation is [sefaɾˈð̞i].
What does "sefardí" mean?
As an adj, "sefardí" means: Judío de la península ibérica (expulsado de España por los reyes católicos en 1492).
How do you pronounce "sefardí"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sefardí" is [sefaɾˈð̞i]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sefardí" come from?
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.