fácil
[ˈfasil]
The verdict
“fácil” is in the everyday core of Spanish, ranked #485 in Spanish word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #485
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 5
- letters
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Que supone poco o ningún esfuerzo en su realización.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fácil |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈfasil] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #485 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “fácil” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for fácil is 5 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈfasil]. Corpus data places it at rank #485 in overall Spanish word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language. Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for fácil, with forms such as "fcáil", "ffácil", and "fáccil". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "fal", "fil", "fai", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is fácil, spelled F-Á-C-I-L.
Definition
- 1Que supone poco o ningún esfuerzo en su realización.
- 2Que puede suceder con alta probabilidad.
- 3Que presenta gran disposición frente a proposiciones sexuales.
- 4Se aplica al que fácilmente se deja llevar del parecer ajeno, y generalmente se toma en mala parte, ya que el que cambia su dictamen en otro mejor, se le califica de dócil y prudente.
- 5Dócil, sencillo, manejable.
- 6Liviano, frágil, flaco de virtud. Se dice especialmente de las mujeres que se entregan sin luchar o luchando con tibieza.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: fcáil,ffácil,fáccil,fácill,fácli,fáicl,fásil,áfcil
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of fácil - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Using “fácil”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is F-Á-C-I-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈfasil] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “fal” - see the side-by-side comparison. fácil vs fal
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.