factorial
[fakt̪oˈɾjal]
The verdict
“factorial” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #52,924 among 18,759 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,924
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 18,759
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Resultado de la multiplicación de todos los números enteros positivos desde 1 hasta cualquiera otro. Se le representa mediante la notación n! El lugar de la literal n debe ocuparlo el número del qu...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | factorial |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [fakt̪oˈɾjal] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #52,924 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “factorial” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
factorial is uncommon Spanish at frequency #52,924 among 18,759 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [fakt̪oˈɾjal]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Resultado de la multiplicación de todos los números enteros positivos desde 1 hasta cualquiera otro. Se le representa mediante la notación n! El lugar de la literal n debe ocuparlo el número del qu...".
factorial doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 factorial, spelled F-A-C-T-O-R-I-A-L.
Definition
- 1Resultado de la multiplicación de todos los números enteros positivos desde 1 hasta cualquiera otro. Se le representa mediante la notación n! El lugar de la literal n debe ocuparlo el número del que se desea obtener ese valor. Así, el factorial de 6 es:
This word in other languages
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 “factorial”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is F-A-C-T-O-R-I-A-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [fakt̪oˈɾjal] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.