sílfide
[ˈsilfið̞e]
The verdict
“sílfide” 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) - Criatura mitológica fabulosa de la tradición occidental. Este término tiene su origen en la obra de Paracelso, quien las describía como seres invisibles del aire.
Corpus desk
Index ES-silfide · sílfide · Spanish
sílfide · 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sílfide |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈsilfið̞e] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “sílfide” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
sílfide is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈsilfið̞e]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Criatura mitológica fabulosa de la tradición occidental. Este término tiene su origen en la obra de Paracelso, quien las describía como seres invisibles del aire.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for sílfide, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is sílfide, spelled S-Í-L-F-I-D-E.
Definition
- 1Criatura mitológica fabulosa de la tradición occidental. Este término tiene su origen en la obra de Paracelso, quien las describía como seres invisibles del aire.
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