faisán

/[fajˈsãn]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#55,589

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

faisán is aSpanishnoun. It means: (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 ... Pronounced [fajˈsãn].

Key facts for faisán
PropertyValue
Headwordfaisán
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[fajˈsãn]
Letters6
Frequency rank#55,589
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of faisán in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for faisán is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, 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.

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for faisán in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable Spanish patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is faisán, spelled F-A-I-S-Á-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 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. 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.
  3. 3
    Cierta seta comestible que crece en los jarales de Córdoba y Sevilla.

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Frequency rank: #55,589 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "faisán"?
"faisán" is spelled F-A-I-S-Á-N. The IPA pronunciation is [fajˈsãn].
What does "faisán" mean?
As a noun, "faisán" means: (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 ...
How do you pronounce "faisán"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "faisán" is [fajˈsãn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "faisán" come from?
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.