fantasy

//ˈfæn.tə.si// noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#21,335

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

fantasy is aSpanishnoun. It means: Fantasía. Pronounced /ˈfæn.tə.si/. Often confused with fantasía and fantasma.

Key facts for fantasy
PropertyValue
Headwordfantasy
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈfæn.tə.si/
Letters7
Frequency rank#21,335
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for fantasy is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈfæn.tə.si/. Corpus data places it at rank #21,335 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Fantasía.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for fantasy, with forms such as "afntasy", "fanatsy", and "fanntasy". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "fantasía", "fantasma", 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 fantasy, spelled F-A-N-T-A-S-Y, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Fantasía.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: afntasy,fanatsy,fanntasy,fantassy,fantasyy,fantays,fantsay,fanttasy,fatnasy,ffantasy,fnatasy

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for fantasy

Misspelling Variants of "fantasy"

afntasy7fanatsy7fanntasy8fantassy8fantasyy8fantays7fantsay7fanttasy8
Misspelling Variants of "fantasy"

Frequency rank: #21,335 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "fantasy"?
"fantasy" is spelled F-A-N-T-A-S-Y. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈfæn.tə.si/.
What does "fantasy" mean?
As a noun, "fantasy" means: Fantasía.
What words are commonly confused with "fantasy"?
"fantasy" is commonly confused with "fantasía", "fantasma". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "fantasy"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "fantasy" is /ˈfæn.tə.si/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "fantasy" come from?
"fantasy" 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.