aficionados

\a.fi.sjɔ.na.do\

/\a.fi.sjɔ.na.do\/ noun

The verdict

“aficionados” has 15 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #45,418. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#45,418
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
15
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de aficionado.

Corpus desk

Index FR-aficionados · aficionados · French

aficionados · rank #45,418 · 15 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #45,418
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 15 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH affliction

Nearest frequency peer: affliction (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « aficionados »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « aficionados » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for aficionados
PropertyValue
Headwordaficionados
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\a.fi.sjɔ.na.do\
Letters11
Frequency rank#45,418
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « aficionados »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).aficionadosse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « affliction » (#45,417), « agitateur » (#45,419), « affaiblissent » (#45,416). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « aficionados » est au #45,418. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 15 spelling variants around aficionados (IPA \a.fi.sjɔ.na.do\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #45,418 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de aficionado.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for aficionados, with forms such as "afciionados", "afficionados", and "aficcionados". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is aficionados, spelled A-F-I-C-I-O-N-A-D-O-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de aficionado.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Quant à Melvil, […], il n'avait plus d'autre projet que de se taper toutes les terrasses de café ou le parvis des arènes pour retrouver la tracteuse anti-corrida, si elle ne s'était pas encore fait lyncher par un troupeau d’aficionados chatouilleux.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • afciionados
  • afficionados
  • aficcionados
  • aficinoados
  • aficioandos
  • aficionaddos
  • aficionadoss
  • aficionadso
  • aficionaods
  • aficiondaos
  • aficionnados
  • aficoinados
  • afiiconados
  • aifcionados
  • faicionados

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of aficionados - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

afciionados2afficionados1aficcionados1aficinoados2aficioandos2aficionaddos1aficionadoss1aficionadso2
Edit distance from "aficionados"

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "aficionados"?
"aficionados" is spelled A-F-I-C-I-O-N-A-D-O-S. The IPA pronunciation is \a.fi.sjɔ.na.do\.
What does "aficionados" mean?
As a noun, "aficionados" means: Pluriel de aficionado.
What are common misspellings of "aficionados"?
Common misspellings include "afciionados", "afficionados", "aficcionados", "aficinoados", "aficioandos". The correct spelling is "aficionados".
How do you pronounce "aficionados"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "aficionados" is \a.fi.sjɔ.na.do\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "aficionados" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list