fajardo
[faˈxaɾð̞o]
The verdict
“fajardo” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #17,964 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #17,964
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Cubilete de masa de hojaldre, relleno de carne picada y perdigada.
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 | fajardo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [faˈxaɾð̞o] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #17,964 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “fajardo” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for fajardo is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [faˈxaɾð̞o]. Corpus data places it at rank #17,964 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Cubilete de masa de hojaldre, relleno de carne picada y perdigada.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for fajardo, with forms such as "afjardo", "faajrdo", and "fajadro". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "fijado", "fijando", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
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 fajardo, spelled F-A-J-A-R-D-O.
Definition
- 1Cubilete de masa de hojaldre, relleno de carne picada y perdigada.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: afjardo,faajrdo,fajadro,fajarddo,fajarod,fajarrdo,fajjardo,fajrado,ffajardo,fjaardo
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of fajardo - 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 “fajardo”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is F-A-J-A-R-D-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [faˈxaɾð̞o] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “fijado” - see the side-by-side comparison. fajardo vs fijado
- 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.