famoso
[faˈmoso]
The verdict
“famoso” is a regularly-used Spanish word, ranked #2,080 in Spanish word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #2,080
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6
- letters
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 7
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Lo que tiene fama y nombre en la acepción común, tomándose tanto en buena como en mala parte.
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 | famoso |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [faˈmoso] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #2,080 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 7 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “famoso” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for famoso is 6 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [faˈmoso]. Corpus data places it at rank #2,080 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for famoso, with forms such as "afmoso", "fammoso", and "famoos". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "faso", "foso", "faros", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is famoso, spelled F-A-M-O-S-O.
Definition
- 1Lo que tiene fama y nombre en la acepción común, tomándose tanto en buena como en mala parte.
- 2Lo bueno, perfecto y excelente en su especie.
- 3Lo que es visible e indudable.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: afmoso,fammoso,famoos,famosso,famsoo,faomso,ffamoso,fmaoso
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of famoso - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “famoso”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is F-A-M-O-S-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [faˈmoso] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “faso” - see the side-by-side comparison. famoso vs faso
- 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.