fatuo
[ˈfat̪wo]
The verdict
“fatuo” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #97,379 among 2,333 “F” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,379
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 2,333
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Falto de razón o entendimiento.
Corpus desk
Index ES-fatuo · fatuo · Spanish
fatuo · rank #97,379 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #97,379
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,333
- PHOTO-FINISH Fausta
Nearest frequency peer: Fausta (+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 “fatuo”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- famélico
famélico
2,628 corpus weight
- farsi
farsi
2,625 corpus weight
- fastidien
fastidien
2,624 corpus weight
- fatuo
fatuo
2,622 corpus weight
- Fausta
Fausta
2,621 corpus weight
- fibrosos
fibrosos
2,616 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “fatuo” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fatuo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈfat̪wo] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #97,379 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “fatuo” en español
Rare enough to double-check
fatuo is uncommon Spanish at frequency #97,379 among 2,333 “F” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈfat̪wo]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
fatuo doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is fatuo, spelled F-A-T-U-O.
Definition
- 1Falto de razón o entendimiento.
- 2Lleno de presunción o vanidad infundada y ridícula.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how fatuo appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Acuérdate siempre de la desdicha de aquellas vírgenes imprudentes y fatuas.
Eres un pobretón, ¿y fatuo? ¡Por favor!
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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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
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