trufa

/[ˈt̪ɾufa]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#60,432

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

trufa is aSpanishnoun. It means: (Tuber) un género de hongos ascomicete de la familia de las tuberáceas. Presenta una relación simbiótica micorrícica con árboles, como los castaños, nogales y especialmente los del género Quercus c... Pronounced [ˈt̪ɾufa].

Key facts for trufa
PropertyValue
Headwordtrufa
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈt̪ɾufa]
Letters5
Frequency rank#60,432
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for trufa is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈt̪ɾufa]. Corpus data places it at rank #60,432 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for trufa 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 trufa, spelled T-R-U-F-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    (Tuber) un género de hongos ascomicete de la familia de las tuberáceas. Presenta una relación simbiótica micorrícica con árboles, como los castaños, nogales y especialmente los del género Quercus como las encinas o los robles. Muy apreciado como alimento.
  2. 2
    Dulce elaborado con pasta de trufa rebozado en cacao.
  3. 3
    Receta de chocolate que consiste en chocolate fundido, mantequilla, yema de huevo, azúcar y nata, con chocolate en polvo espolvoreado en cada una de las bolas del resultado final. Debe su nombre a su parecido físico con la trufa₁.
  4. 4
    Embuste.
  5. 5
    Nariz de perro.

This word in other languages

Frequency rank: #60,432 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "trufa"?
"trufa" is spelled T-R-U-F-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈt̪ɾufa].
What does "trufa" mean?
As a noun, "trufa" means: (Tuber) un género de hongos ascomicete de la familia de las tuberáceas. Presenta una relación simbiótica micorrícica con árboles, como los castaños, nogales y especialmente los del género Quercus c...
How do you pronounce "trufa"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "trufa" is [ˈt̪ɾufa]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "trufa" 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.