sufijo

[suˈfixo]

/[suˈfixo]/ noun

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The verdict

“sufijo” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #31,562. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#31,562
frequency rank, Spanish
4,169
“S” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
10
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Una o más letras que se agregan al final de una palabra o raíz para modificar su función gramatical o para formar una nueva palabra.

Corpus desk

Index ES-sufijo · sufijo · Spanish

sufijo · rank #31,562 · 8 variants · 10 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #31,562
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,169
  • PHOTO-FINISH sureños

Nearest frequency peer: sureños (+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.

Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “sufijo”

Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino

corpus weight

What this shows “sufijo” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

sufijo vs suizo
67% similar
sufijo vs sufro
67% similar
sufijo vs sufrió
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for sufijo
PropertyValue
Headwordsufijo
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[suˈfixo]
Letters6
Frequency rank#31,562
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “sufijo”

Esta escala corre desde el núcleo del español cotidiano (izquierda) hasta el rastro de formas rara vez usadas (derecha).sufijocae aquí:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

El eje es logarítmico: cada tick marca unas diez veces menos frecuencia. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “sureños” (#31,563), “sudando” (#31,560), “suscribirse” (#31,564). Entre 4,169 lemas con “S”, “sufijo” va en #31,562. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around sufijo (IPA [suˈfixo]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #31,562 among 4,169 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Una o más letras que se agregan al final de una palabra o raíz para modificar su función gramatical o para formar una nueva palabra.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for sufijo, with forms such as "sfuijo", "ssufijo", and "suffijo". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 10 confusable-pair relationships, "suizo", "sufro", "sufrió", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is sufijo, spelled S-U-F-I-J-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    Una o más letras que se agregan al final de una palabra o raíz para modificar su función gramatical o para formar una nueva palabra.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how sufijo appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. El adjetivo "personal" con el sufijo verbal "-izar" forman el verbo "personalizar".

This word in other languages

suffix(English)suffixe(Français)Suffix(Deutsch)sufixo(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • sfuijo
  • ssufijo
  • suffijo
  • sufijjo
  • sufioj
  • sufjio
  • suifjo
  • usfijo

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sufijo - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

sfuijo2ssufijo1suffijo1sufijjo1sufioj2sufjio2suifjo2usfijo2
Edit distance from "sufijo"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "sufijo"?
"sufijo" is spelled S-U-F-I-J-O. The IPA pronunciation is [suˈfixo].
What does "sufijo" mean?
As a noun, "sufijo" means: Una o más letras que se agregan al final de una palabra o raíz para modificar su función gramatical o para formar una nueva palabra.
What words are commonly confused with "sufijo"?
"sufijo" is commonly confused with "suizo", "sufro", "sufrió". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "sufijo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sufijo" is [suˈfixo]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sufijo" come from?
"sufijo" is a Spanish word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "sufijo", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

sínodo#31,567Somoza#31,555tentar#31,573should#31,550

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

roses8 variantsworks8 variantsacallar8 variantsAldana8 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list