fantasma

/[fãn̪ˈt̪asma]/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#5,619

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

5

similar word pairs

fantasma is aSpanishnoun. It means: Visión irreal producto de la imaginación o el engaño de los sentidos. Pronounced [fãn̪ˈt̪asma]. It ranks #5,619 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with fantasy and fantasmas.

Key facts for fantasma
PropertyValue
Headwordfantasma
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[fãn̪ˈt̪asma]
Letters8
Frequency rank#5,619
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for fantasma is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [fãn̪ˈt̪asma]. Corpus data places it at rank #5,619 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for fantasma, with forms such as "afntasma", "fanatsma", and "fanntasma". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "fantasy", "fantasmas", "fantasía", 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 fantasma, spelled F-A-N-T-A-S-M-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Visión irreal producto de la imaginación o el engaño de los sentidos.
  2. 2
    En particular, imagen de un muerto que aparece incorpóreamente ante los vivos.
  3. 3
    Por extensión, persona o imagen que recuerda a un fantasma₂ para asustar. Se presenta envuelto en una sábana blanca y es típico de los cuentos infantiles de terror y de festividades como Halloween.
  4. 4
    Imagen sensible que se registra en la mente.
  5. 5
    Figuradamente, imagen de algo que se teme o desprecia.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: afntasma,fanatsma,fanntasma,fantamsa,fantasam,fantasmma,fantassma,fantsama,fanttasma,fatnasma,ffantasma,fnatasma

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for fantasma

Misspelling Variants of "fantasma"

afntasma8fanatsma8fanntasma9fantamsa8fantasam8fantasmma9fantassma9fantsama8
Misspelling Variants of "fantasma"

Frequency rank: #5,619 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "fantasma"?
"fantasma" is spelled F-A-N-T-A-S-M-A. The IPA pronunciation is [fãn̪ˈt̪asma].
What does "fantasma" mean?
As a noun, "fantasma" means: Visión irreal producto de la imaginación o el engaño de los sentidos.
What words are commonly confused with "fantasma"?
"fantasma" is commonly confused with "fantasy", "fantasmas", "fantasía". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "fantasma"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "fantasma" is [fãn̪ˈt̪asma]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "fantasma" come from?
"fantasma" 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.