fado
[ˈfað̞o]
The verdict
“fado” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #67,743 among 2,333 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #67,743
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 2,333
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Género musical portugués urbano, de carácter melancólico, cantado por fadista acompañado de viola o guitarra portuguesa
Corpus desk
Index ES-fado · fado · Spanish
fado · rank #67,743 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #67,743
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,333
- PHOTO-FINISH Eyzaguirre
Nearest frequency peer: Eyzaguirre (-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 “fado”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- extended
extended
32,263 corpus weight
- extravió
extravió
32,260 corpus weight
- Eyzaguirre
Eyzaguirre
32,259 corpus weight
- fado
fado
32,258 corpus weight
- fascia
fascia
32,257 corpus weight
- fehacientes
fehacientes
32,254 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “fado” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fado |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈfað̞o] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #67,743 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “fado” en español
Rare enough to double-check
fado is uncommon Spanish at frequency #67,743 among 2,333 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈfað̞o]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Género musical portugués urbano, de carácter melancólico, cantado por fadista acompañado de viola o guitarra portuguesa".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for fado, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is fado, spelled F-A-D-O.
Definition
- 1Género musical portugués urbano, de carácter melancólico, cantado por fadista acompañado de viola o guitarra portuguesa
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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