falencia
Spanish, noun/faˈlenθja/
falencia is spelled F-A-L-E-N-C-I-A (8 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written Spanish, the 80,775th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Falencia is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “error, goof-up” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Desviación de lo exacto o de lo correcto al afirmar algo”.
What does falencia mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineerror, goof-up
- 2
femininedefect
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Desviación de lo exacto o de lo correcto al afirmar algo 2. Insolvencia generalizada e insalvable que se resuelve por proceso judicial 3. Ausencia de algo deseable o necesario
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of falencia
- falencias plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce falencia?
- /faˈlenθja/
- [faˈlẽn̟.θja]
- /faˈlensja/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to falencia
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is falencia in Spanish?
falencia appears about once in every 5 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).