waifu
[ˈ(ɣ̞)w̝ajfu]
The verdict
“waifu” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #86,370 among 230 “W” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #86,370
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 230
- “W” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Personaje ficticio femenino de algún universo animado (como el ánime o los videojuegos) del cual uno siente atracción romántica.
Corpus desk
Index ES-waifu · waifu · Spanish
waifu · rank #86,370 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #86,370
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 230
- PHOTO-FINISH vítreo
Nearest frequency peer: vítreo (-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 “waifu”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- voleo
voleo
13,639 corpus weight
- volteas
volteas
13,638 corpus weight
- voltio
voltio
13,637 corpus weight
- votarías
votarías
13,635 corpus weight
- vítreo
vítreo
13,632 corpus weight
- waifu
waifu
13,631 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “waifu” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | waifu |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈ(ɣ̞)w̝ajfu] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #86,370 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “waifu” en español
Rare enough to double-check
waifu is uncommon Spanish at frequency #86,370 among 230 “W” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈ(ɣ̞)w̝ajfu]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Personaje ficticio femenino de algún universo animado (como el ánime o los videojuegos) del cual uno siente atracción romántica.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for waifu in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is waifu, spelled W-A-I-F-U.
Definition
- 1Personaje ficticio femenino de algún universo animado (como el ánime o los videojuegos) del cual uno siente atracción romántica.
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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