sufí
[suˈfi]
The verdict
“sufí” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #65,002 among 4,169 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,002
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,169
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dícese de quien practica el sufismo.
Corpus desk
Index ES-sufi · sufí · Spanish
sufí · rank #65,002 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #65,002
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,169
- PHOTO-FINISH sujetadores
Nearest frequency peer: sujetadores (+1 rank slots)
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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “sufí”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- strand
strand
35,004 corpus weight
- subtituladas
subtituladas
35,003 corpus weight
- suegras
suegras
35,002 corpus weight
- sufí
sufí
34,999 corpus weight
- sujetadores
sujetadores
34,998 corpus weight
- Tamar
Tamar
34,996 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “sufí” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sufí |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [suˈfi] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #65,002 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “sufí” en español
Rare enough to double-check
sufí is uncommon Spanish at frequency #65,002 among 4,169 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [suˈfi]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
sufí doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is sufí, spelled S-U-F-Í.
Definition
- 1Dícese de quien practica el sufismo.
- 2Dícese de quien ocupa el más alto grado de realización espiritual en el camino iniciático del Islam y del cristianismo.
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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