fantoche
[fãn̪ˈt̪ot͡ʃe]
The verdict
“fantoche” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #71,067 among 2,333 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #71,067
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 2,333
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Marioneta o muñeco articulado que se hace mover con el control de hilos.
Corpus desk
Index ES-fantoche · fantoche · Spanish
fantoche · rank #71,067 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #71,067
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,333
- PHOTO-FINISH fascículo
Nearest frequency peer: fascículo (+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 “fantoche”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- extravaganc…
extravagancias
28,938 corpus weight
- exultante
exultante
28,937 corpus weight
- faltarían
faltarían
28,936 corpus weight
- fantoche
fantoche
28,934 corpus weight
- fascículo
fascículo
28,933 corpus weight
- fatalismo
fatalismo
28,932 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “fantoche” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fantoche |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [fãn̪ˈt̪ot͡ʃe] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #71,067 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “fantoche” en español
Rare enough to double-check
fantoche is uncommon Spanish at frequency #71,067 among 2,333 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [fãn̪ˈt̪ot͡ʃe]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for fantoche in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
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 fantoche, spelled F-A-N-T-O-C-H-E.
Definition
- 1Marioneta o muñeco articulado que se hace mover con el control de hilos.
- 2Por extensión, persona grotesca.
- 3Personaje de puro aparato que carece de independencia o de valor real.
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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