facha

[ˈfat͡ʃa]

/[ˈfat͡ʃa]/ noun

The verdict

“facha” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #19,729. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#19,729
frequency rank, Spanish
2,333
“F” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Aspecto y porte de una persona.

Corpus desk

Index ES-facha · facha · Spanish

facha · rank #19,729 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #19,729
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,333
  • PHOTO-FINISH exhaustivo

Nearest frequency peer: exhaustivo (-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.

Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “facha”

Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino

corpus weight

What this shows “facha” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

facha vs fama
60% similar
facha vs Facu
40% similar
facha vs foca
60% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for facha
PropertyValue
Headwordfacha
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈfat͡ʃa]
Letters5
Frequency rank#19,729
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “facha”

De izquierda a derecha: las pocas palabras que cargan el habla diaria, luego la cola larga casi invisible.fachacae aquí:

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

El eje es logarítmico: cada tick marca unas diez veces menos frecuencia. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “exhaustivo” (#19,728), “falcon” (#19,731), “estrictos” (#19,726). Entre 2,333 lemas con “F”, “facha” va en #19,729. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around facha (IPA [ˈfat͡ʃa]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #19,729 among 2,333 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for facha, with forms such as "afcha", "facah", and "faccha". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "fama", "Facu", "foca", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

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 facha, spelled F-A-C-H-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Aspecto y porte de una persona.
  2. 2
    Vestimenta inapropiada, descuidada, informal o desaliñada.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. -Si te digo que es fría como el mármol -murmuró el de la facha de peluquero.
  2. MÓNICA. -(Tira un atado de ropa al suelo con mucha rabia, y volviéndose hacía la puerta.) Haz de venir a buscarla aquí... gringa ladrona... ¡Puerca!... Sin vergüenza... (Se vuelve y patea el atado.) ¡La facha!... Tras de que uno le lava sin asco esos cuatro trapos... (Volviéndose.) ¡Indecente!... ¡Cochina!

Synonyms

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • afcha
  • facah
  • faccha
  • fachha
  • fahca
  • fcaha
  • ffacha

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of facha - 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.

afcha2facah2faccha1fachha1fahca2fcaha2ffacha1
Edit distance from "facha"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "facha"?
"facha" is spelled F-A-C-H-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈfat͡ʃa].
What does "facha" mean?
As a noun, "facha" means: Aspecto y porte de una persona.
What words are commonly confused with "facha"?
"facha" is commonly confused with "fama", "Facu", "foca". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "facha"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "facha" is [ˈfat͡ʃa]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "facha" come from?
"facha" is a Spanish word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list