falté
[fal̪ˈt̪e]
The verdict
“falté” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #68,575 among 2,333 “F” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,575
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 2,333
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de faltar.
Corpus desk
Index ES-falte · falté · Spanish
falté · rank #68,575 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,575
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,333
- PHOTO-FINISH fajos
Nearest frequency peer: fajos (-2 rank slots)
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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “falté”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- expiar
expiar
31,431 corpus weight
- extinguen
extinguen
31,429 corpus weight
- fajos
fajos
31,428 corpus weight
- falté
falté
31,426 corpus weight
- fema
fema
31,422 corpus weight
- femineidad
femineidad
31,421 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “falté” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | falté |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [fal̪ˈt̪e] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #68,575 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “falté” en español
Rare enough to double-check
falté is uncommon Spanish at frequency #68,575 among 2,333 “F” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [fal̪ˈt̪e]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de faltar.".
falté doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is falté, spelled F-A-L-T-É.
Definition
- 1Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de faltar.
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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