faca
[ˈfaka]
The verdict
“faca” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #77,261 among 2,333 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #77,261
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 2,333
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Cuchillo o navaja de hoja curva.
Corpus desk
Index ES-faca · faca · Spanish
faca · rank #77,261 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #77,261
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,333
- PHOTO-FINISH Fabiano
Nearest frequency peer: Fabiano (-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 “faca”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- expropia
expropia
22,744 corpus weight
- extingan
extingan
22,743 corpus weight
- Fabiano
Fabiano
22,741 corpus weight
- faca
faca
22,740 corpus weight
- failure
failure
22,739 corpus weight
- fallada
fallada
22,738 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “faca” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | faca |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈfaka] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #77,261 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “faca” en español
Rare enough to double-check
faca is uncommon Spanish at frequency #77,261 among 2,333 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈfaka]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
faca doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is faca, spelled F-A-C-A.
Definition
- 1Cuchillo o navaja de hoja curva.
- 2Cuchillo grande y puntiagudo que suele portarse en una funda de cuero.
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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