# Filipino

> English word · Noun · IPA /filiˈpino/ · frequency rank #11,546

## Definitions
1. A citizen or inhabitant of the Philippines, or descendant of such.
2. Specifically a male citizen or inhabitant of the Philippines.
3. A male Philippine-born person of pure or majority Spanish descent.

## Etymology
From Spanish filipino m, from Felipe + -ino, demonym to Spanish las Islas Filipinas (“The Philippine Islands (P.I.); The Philippines”), after Spanish El Rey Felipe II de España (“King Philip II of Spain”). The Spanish term formerly only referred to a male Philippine-born person of pure or majority Spanish descent, synonym to Spanish insular (“islander”) (plural insulares) in the Spanish Colonial Era of the Philippines, before it was applied as a nationality for every citizen of the Philippines from the First Philippine Republic during the Philippine Revolution.

## Easily confused with
- **Filipina** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/filipina-vs-filipino)

## Common misspellings (11)
`ffilipino`, `fiilpino`, `filiipno`, `filipinno`, `filipion`, `filipnio`, `filippino`, `fillipino`, `filpiino`, `fliipino`, `iflipino`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/filipino