familiar

Name: familiar, Spanish Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

[famiˈljaɾ]

/[famiˈljaɾ]/ adj

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“familiar” has 11 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #1,508. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,508
frequency rank, Spanish: 2,333
“F” headwords: 11
tracked misspellings: 4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Que pertenece o concierne a la familia.

Corpus desk

Index ES-familiar · familiar · Spanish

familiar · rank #1,508 · 11 variants · 4 confusables

FREQ-COMMON #1,508
LEN-LONG 8 letters
VOW-4 4 vowels
CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
VAR-MID 11 variants
BOOK-MID 2,333
PHOTO-FINISH distrito

Nearest frequency peer: distrito (-1 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.

digital

98,495
distrito

98,494
familiar

98,493
fundación

98,492
ganado

98,491
histórico

98,490

What this shows “familiar” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

familiar vs familias

88% similar

familiar vs familiares

80% similar

familiar vs familia

88% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for familiar
Property	Value
Headword	familiar
Language	Spanish
Part of speech	Adjective
IPA	[famiˈljaɾ]
Letters	8
Frequency rank	#1,508
Misspellings tracked	11
Confusable pairs	4
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “familiar”

La frecuencia va del puñado de palabras que usamos sin parar (izquierda) a la cola larga que apenas aparece (derecha).familiarcae aquí:

#1,508

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Los ticks avanzan en logaritmo; cada uno es del orden de diez veces más raro. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “distrito” (#1,507), “fundación” (#1,509), “digital” (#1,506). Entre 2,333 lemas con “F”, “familiar” va en #1,508. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around familiar (IPA [famiˈljaɾ]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #1,508 among 2,333 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for familiar, with forms such as "afmiliar", "faimliar", and "famiilar". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "familias", "familiares", "familia", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is familiar, spelled F-A-M-I-L-I-A-R.

Definition

1
Que pertenece o concierne a la familia.
2
Conocido, sabido, consabido.
3
Dicho del trato: Llano y sin ceremonia, a modo del que se usa entre personas de una misma familia.
4
Dicho de una palabra, una frase, una voz, etc.: Natural, sencillo, corriente, propio de la conversación o de la manera común de expresarse en la vida privada.
5
Carta familiar.

This word in other languages

familiar(English)familier(Français)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

afmiliar
faimliar
famiilar
familair
familiarr
familira
familliar
famliiar
fammiliar
ffamiliar
fmailiar

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of familiar - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

Edit distance from "familiar"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "familiar"?

"familiar" is spelled F-A-M-I-L-I-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is [famiˈljaɾ].

What does "familiar" mean?

As an adjective, "familiar" means: Que pertenece o concierne a la familia.

What words are commonly confused with "familiar"?

"familiar" is commonly confused with "familias", "familiares", "familia". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "familiar"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "familiar" is [famiˈljaɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "familiar" come from?

"familiar" is a Spanish word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.

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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "familiar", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

distrito#1,507 completa#1,501 ciencias#1,500 recordar#1,528

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

Londres11 variants niveles11 variants parecen11 variants privado11 variants