farsa

/[ˈfaɾsa]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#9,822

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

farsa is aSpanishnoun. It means: Comedia bufa y chabacana. Pieza dramática breve. :*Sinónimo: sátira Pronounced [ˈfaɾsa]. It ranks #9,822 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with fra and fas.

Key facts for farsa
PropertyValue
Headwordfarsa
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈfaɾsa]
Letters5
Frequency rank#9,822
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for farsa is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈfaɾsa]. Corpus data places it at rank #9,822 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for farsa, with forms such as "afrsa", "faras", and "farrsa". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "fra", "fas", "fase", 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 farsa, spelled F-A-R-S-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Comedia bufa y chabacana. Pieza dramática breve. :*Sinónimo: sátira
  2. 2
    Enredo con el propósito de engañar a alguien. :*Sinónimos: artimaña, engaño, trampa
  3. 3
    Género operístico bufonesco, difundido entre la última década del siglo XVIII y las primeras del siglo XIX, principalmente en Venecia y Nápoles (Italia).

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: afrsa,faras,farrsa,farssa,fasra,ffarsa,frasa

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for farsa

Misspelling Variants of "farsa"

afrsa5faras5farrsa6farssa6fasra5ffarsa6frasa5
Misspelling Variants of "farsa"

Frequency rank: #9,822 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "farsa"?
"farsa" is spelled F-A-R-S-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈfaɾsa].
What does "farsa" mean?
As a noun, "farsa" means: Comedia bufa y chabacana. Pieza dramática breve. :*Sinónimo: sátira
What words are commonly confused with "farsa"?
"farsa" is commonly confused with "fra", "fas", "fase". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "farsa"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "farsa" is [ˈfaɾsa]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "farsa" come from?
"farsa" 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.