fase

/[ˈfase]/ noun

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#2,293

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

5

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

fase is aSpanishnoun. It means: Cada uno de los diversos aspectos que presenta un fenómeno natural o una cosa, doctrina, proceso, etc. Pronounced [ˈfase]. It ranks #2,293 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with fe and fue.

Key facts for fase
PropertyValue
Headwordfase
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈfase]
Letters4
Frequency rank#2,293
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for fase is 4 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈfase]. Corpus data places it at rank #2,293 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 5 documented wrong-spelling variants for fase, with forms such as "afse", "faes", and "fasse". 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, "fe", "fue", "fax", 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 fase, spelled F-A-S-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Cada uno de los diversos aspectos que presenta un fenómeno natural o una cosa, doctrina, proceso, etc.
  2. 2
    Cada una de las diversas apariencias o figuras con que se dejan ver la Luna y algunos planetas, según los ilumina el Sol.
  3. 3
    Cada una de las partes homogéneas que conforman una composición de sustancias, y que pueden estar a su vez compuestas de una o varias sustancias disueltas.
  4. 4
    Ángulo de fase.
  5. 5
    Cada uno de los conductores que presenta una diferencia de potencial alterna respecto de la tierra y con diferentes ángulos de fase entre sí.

Synonyms

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: afse,faes,fasse,ffase,fsae

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for fase

Misspelling Variants of "fase"

afse4faes4fasse5ffase5fsae4
Misspelling Variants of "fase"

Frequency rank: #2,293 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "fase"?
"fase" is spelled F-A-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈfase].
What does "fase" mean?
As a noun, "fase" means: Cada uno de los diversos aspectos que presenta un fenómeno natural o una cosa, doctrina, proceso, etc.
What words are commonly confused with "fase"?
"fase" is commonly confused with "fe", "fue", "fax". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "fase"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "fase" is [ˈfase]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "fase" come from?
"fase" 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.