fallos

/[ˈfaʝos]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#8,801

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

5

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

fallos is aSpanishnoun. It means: Forma del plural de fallo. Pronounced [ˈfaʝos]. It ranks #8,801 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with falo and falso.

Key facts for fallos
PropertyValue
Headwordfallos
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈfaʝos]
Letters6
Frequency rank#8,801
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for fallos is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈfaʝos]. Corpus data places it at rank #8,801 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Forma del plural de fallo.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 5 documented wrong-spelling variants for fallos, with forms such as "afllos", "falloss", and "falols". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "falo", "falso", "falto", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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 fallos, spelled F-A-L-L-O-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Forma del plural de fallo.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: afllos,falloss,falols,ffallos,flalos

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for fallos

Misspelling Variants of "fallos"

afllos6falloss7falols6ffallos7flalos6
Misspelling Variants of "fallos"

Frequency rank: #8,801 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "fallos"?
"fallos" is spelled F-A-L-L-O-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈfaʝos].
What does "fallos" mean?
As a noun, "fallos" means: Forma del plural de fallo.
What words are commonly confused with "fallos"?
"fallos" is commonly confused with "falo", "falso", "falto". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "fallos"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "fallos" is [ˈfaʝos]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "fallos" come from?
"fallos" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.