fantasía
[fãn̪t̪aˈsia]
The verdict
“fantasía” is a regularly-used Spanish word, ranked #4,709 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #4,709
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8
- letters
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 7
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Imaginación, especialmente la que se caracteriza por la predominancia de constructos y conceptos que permanecen desconectados de la realidad objetiva.
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 | fantasía |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [fãn̪t̪aˈsia] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #4,709 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 7 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “fantasía” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for fantasía is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [fãn̪t̪aˈsia]. Corpus data places it at rank #4,709 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 6 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 fantasía, with forms such as "afntasía", "fanatsía", and "fanntasía". 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, "fantasy", "fantasma", "fantasmas", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is fantasía, spelled F-A-N-T-A-S-Í-A.
Definition
- 1Imaginación, especialmente la que se caracteriza por la predominancia de constructos y conceptos que permanecen desconectados de la realidad objetiva.
- 2Pensamiento o imagen formada en el entendimiento por la imaginación.
- 3Vicio de la visión, que consiste en ver objetos que no existen.
- 4Presunción, énfasis.
- 5Ficción, cuento.
- 6Variedad, en la música.
Antonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: afntasía,fanatsía,fanntasía,fantasaí,fantassía,fantaísa,fantsaía,fanttasía,fatnasía,ffantasía,fnatasía
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of fantasía - 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 “fantasía”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is F-A-N-T-A-S-Í-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [fãn̪t̪aˈsia] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “fantasy” - see the side-by-side comparison. fantasía vs fantasy
- 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.