falso amigo
[ˈfalso aˈmiɣ̞o]
The verdict
“falso amigo” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Término o locución de un idioma engañosamente semejante en la escritura o en la pronunciación a un término o locución de otro idioma, que sin embargo difiere en significado y puede conducir a error...
Corpus desk
Index ES-falso-amigo · falso amigo · Spanish
falso amigo · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "F" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | falso amigo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [ˈfalso aˈmiɣ̞o] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
falso amigo is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed [ˈfalso aˈmiɣ̞o]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Término o locución de un idioma engañosamente semejante en la escritura o en la pronunciación a un término o locución de otro idioma, que sin embargo difiere en significado y puede conducir a error...".
No generated misspelling entries exist for falso amigo in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is falso amigo, spelled F-A-L-S-O- -A-M-I-G-O.
Definition
- 1Término o locución de un idioma engañosamente semejante en la escritura o en la pronunciación a un término o locución de otro idioma, que sin embargo difiere en significado y puede conducir a errores de traducción.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how falso amigo appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
En inglés, molest es un falso amigo de molestar, puesto que significa ‘agredir sexualmente’ y no ‘fastidiar’.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.