famosa

/[faˈmosa]/ adj

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#3,483

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

10

similar word pairs

famosa is anSpanishadj. It means: Forma del femenino de famoso. Pronounced [faˈmosa]. It ranks #3,483 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with fosa and farsa.

Key facts for famosa
PropertyValue
Headwordfamosa
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdj
IPA[faˈmosa]
Letters6
Frequency rank#3,483
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for famosa is 6 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [faˈmosa]. Corpus data places it at rank #3,483 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Forma del femenino de famoso.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for famosa, with forms such as "afmosa", "fammosa", and "famoas". 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 10 confusable-pair relationships, "fosa", "farsa", "faros", 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 famosa, spelled F-A-M-O-S-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Forma del femenino de famoso.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: afmosa,fammosa,famoas,famossa,famsoa,faomsa,ffamosa,fmaosa

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for famosa

Misspelling Variants of "famosa"

afmosa6fammosa7famoas6famossa7famsoa6faomsa6ffamosa7fmaosa6
Misspelling Variants of "famosa"

Frequency rank: #3,483 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "famosa"?
"famosa" is spelled F-A-M-O-S-A. The IPA pronunciation is [faˈmosa].
What does "famosa" mean?
As an adj, "famosa" means: Forma del femenino de famoso.
What words are commonly confused with "famosa"?
"famosa" is commonly confused with "fosa", "farsa", "faros". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "famosa"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "famosa" is [faˈmosa]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "famosa" come from?
"famosa" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.