falta

/[ˈfal̪t̪a]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#293

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

falta is aSpanishnoun. It means: Error, acción considerada incorrecta o violatoria de alguna norma o reglamento. Pronounced [ˈfal̪t̪a]. It ranks #293 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with fat and fama.

Key facts for falta
PropertyValue
Headwordfalta
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈfal̪t̪a]
Letters5
Frequency rank#293
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for falta is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈfal̪t̪a]. Corpus data places it at rank #293 in overall Spanish word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for falta, with forms such as "aflta", "falat", and "fallta". 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, "fat", "fama", "fila", 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 falta, spelled F-A-L-T-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Error, acción considerada incorrecta o violatoria de alguna norma o reglamento.
  2. 2
    Jugada deportiva que sucede a una infracción de reglamento.
  3. 3
    Carencia.
  4. 4
    Menstruación, regla.
  5. 5
    Inasistencia a un sitio de trabajo o estudios.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: aflta,falat,fallta,faltta,fatla,ffalta,flata

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for falta

Misspelling Variants of "falta"

aflta5falat5fallta6faltta6fatla5ffalta6flata5
Misspelling Variants of "falta"

Frequency rank: #293 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "falta"?
"falta" is spelled F-A-L-T-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈfal̪t̪a].
What does "falta" mean?
As a noun, "falta" means: Error, acción considerada incorrecta o violatoria de alguna norma o reglamento.
What words are commonly confused with "falta"?
"falta" is commonly confused with "fat", "fama", "fila". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "falta"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "falta" is [ˈfal̪t̪a]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "falta" come from?
"falta" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Spanish words

Other entries that begin with the letter F in our Spanish index:

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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.