wolof
[woˈlof]
The verdict
“wolof” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Perteneciente o relativo a un grupo étnico que habita Senegal, donde representan la primera minoría, Gambia y Mauritania. Son predominantemente musulmanes, y tradicionalmente se abocaron a la agric...
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Index ES-wolof · wolof · Spanish
wolof · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "W" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | wolof |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [woˈlof] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “wolof” en español
Rare enough to double-check
wolof is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [woˈlof]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Perteneciente o relativo a un grupo étnico que habita Senegal, donde representan la primera minoría, Gambia y Mauritania. Son predominantemente musulmanes, y tradicionalmente se abocaron a la agric...".
No generated misspelling entries exist for wolof in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is wolof, spelled W-O-L-O-F.
Definition
- 1Perteneciente o relativo a un grupo étnico que habita Senegal, donde representan la primera minoría, Gambia y Mauritania. Son predominantemente musulmanes, y tradicionalmente se abocaron a la agricultura desde su llegada a la zona, procedentes de la actual Ghana, desde el siglo XI. Su lengua es una de las más habladas de la región.
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.