famous
/ˈfeɪ.məs/
The verdict
“famous” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #65,371 among 2,333 “F” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,371
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 2,333
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Famoso.
Corpus desk
Index ES-famous · famous · Spanish
famous · rank #65,371 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #65,371
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,333
- PHOTO-FINISH falleciera
Nearest frequency peer: falleciera (-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 “famous”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- explotadora
explotadora
34,634 corpus weight
- falleciera
falleciera
34,632 corpus weight
- famous
famous
34,630 corpus weight
- fatalista
fatalista
34,628 corpus weight
- feta
feta
34,626 corpus weight
- filmoteca
filmoteca
34,625 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “famous” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | famous |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈfeɪ.məs/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #65,371 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “famous” en español
Rare enough to double-check
famous is uncommon Spanish at frequency #65,371 among 2,333 “F” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈfeɪ.məs/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Famoso.".
famous doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is famous, spelled F-A-M-O-U-S.
Definition
- 1Famoso.
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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