faisán
[fajˈsãn]
The verdict
“faisán” is an uncommon Spanish word, ranked #55,589 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #55,589
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - (Phasianus colchicus) Especie de ave galliforme de la familia Phasianidae originaria de Asia, pero que ha sido introducida en diversas partes del mundo por su interés cinegético. Tiene un colorido ...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | faisán |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [fajˈsãn] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #55,589 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “faisán” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for faisán is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [fajˈsãn]. Corpus data places it at rank #55,589 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for faisán, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is faisán, spelled F-A-I-S-Á-N.
Definition
- 1(Phasianus colchicus) Especie de ave galliforme de la familia Phasianidae originaria de Asia, pero que ha sido introducida en diversas partes del mundo por su interés cinegético. Tiene un colorido penacho y una larga cola.
- 2(Tetrao urogallus) Ave galliforme de la familia Phasianidae que habita los bosques de coníferas eurasiáticos. Mide unos 80cm de longitud, tiene las patas emplumadas y una coloración general que va del gris muy oscuro al pardo oscuro, con reflejos verdes metálicos en las plumas del pecho.
- 3Cierta seta comestible que crece en los jarales de Córdoba y Sevilla.
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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 “faisán”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is F-A-I-S-Á-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [fajˈsãn] (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.