fandango
[fãn̪ˈd̪ãŋgo]
The verdict
“fandango” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #55,590 among 2,333 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,590
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 2,333
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Forma musical popular española, de ritmo de 3/4, caracterizada por una típica progresión armónica descendente, ritmo vivaz, y el uso de palmas y castañuelas.
Corpus desk
Index ES-fandango · fandango · Spanish
fandango · rank #55,590 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #55,590
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,333
- PHOTO-FINISH faisán
Nearest frequency peer: faisán (-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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “fandango”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- expression
expression
44,414 corpus weight
- fabricamos
fabricamos
44,413 corpus weight
- faisán
faisán
44,412 corpus weight
- fandango
fandango
44,411 corpus weight
- fandom
fandom
44,410 corpus weight
- favorite
favorite
44,408 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “fandango” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fandango |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [fãn̪ˈd̪ãŋgo] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #55,590 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “fandango” en español
Rare enough to double-check
fandango is uncommon Spanish at frequency #55,590 among 2,333 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [fãn̪ˈd̪ãŋgo]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for fandango, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is fandango, spelled F-A-N-D-A-N-G-O.
Definition
- 1Forma musical popular española, de ritmo de 3/4, caracterizada por una típica progresión armónica descendente, ritmo vivaz, y el uso de palmas y castañuelas.
- 2Baile que se danza al ritmo del fandango₁.
- 3Por extensión, situación ruidosa y desordenada.
- 4Conjunto de la musculatura de la parte posterior de la cadera
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how fandango appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
sus ojos tan alegres, que en sus movimientos se escuchaban folías y fandangos.
oigo que algún campesino enamorado canta, al son de su guitarra mal rasgueada, una copla de fandango.
This word in other languages
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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Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).