familiar
[famiˈljaɾ]
The verdict
“familiar” is a regularly-used Spanish word, ranked #1,508 in Spanish word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #1,508
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8
- letters
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Que pertenece o concierne a la familia.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| 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) |
Where “familiar” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for familiar is 8 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [famiˈljaɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,508 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
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
- 1Que pertenece o concierne a la familia.
- 2Conocido, sabido, consabido.
- 3Dicho del trato: Llano y sin ceremonia, a modo del que se usa entre personas de una misma familia.
- 4Dicho 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.
- 5Carta familiar.
This word in other languages
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.
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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Using “familiar”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is F-A-M-I-L-I-A-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [famiˈljaɾ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “familias” - see the side-by-side comparison. familiar vs familias
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.