zafa
[ˈsafa]
The verdict
“zafa” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #86,382 among 220 “Z” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #86,382
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 220
- “Z” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Forma del femenino singular de zafo.
Corpus desk
Index ES-zafa · zafa · Spanish
zafa · rank #86,382 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #86,382
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 220
- PHOTO-FINISH zacate
Nearest frequency peer: zacate (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “zafa”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- yola
yola
13,621 corpus weight
- zacate
zacate
13,620 corpus weight
- zafa
zafa
13,619 corpus weight
- zambada
zambada
13,618 corpus weight
- zine
zine
13,617 corpus weight
- zorzal
zorzal
13,616 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “zafa” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | zafa |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈsafa] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #86,382 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Dónde se sitúa “zafa” en la frecuencia del español
Rare enough to double-check
zafa is uncommon Spanish at frequency #86,382 among 220 “Z” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈsafa]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Forma del femenino singular de zafo.".
zafa doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is zafa, spelled Z-A-F-A.
Definition
- 1Forma del femenino singular de zafo.
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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