sufí
[suˈfi]
The verdict
“sufí” is an uncommon Spanish word, ranked #65,002 in Spanish word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #65,002
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Dícese de quien practica el sufismo.
| 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) |
Where “sufí” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for sufí is 4 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [suˈfi]. Corpus data places it at rank #65,002 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.
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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Using “sufí”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is S-U-F-Í - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [suˈfi] (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.