FBI

/[ˈfβ̞i]/ abbrev

Letters

3 characters

Frequency Rank

#9,456

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

FBI is anSpanishabbrev. It means: Sigla de Federal Bureau of Investigation, término del inglés que traduce como Oficina Federal de Investigación (agencia de investigación criminal de los Estados Unidos de América). Pronounced [ˈfβ̞i]. It ranks #9,456 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with fe and fi.

Key facts for FBI
PropertyValue
HeadwordFBI
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAbbrev
IPA[ˈfβ̞i]
Letters3
Frequency rank#9,456
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for FBI is 3 letters long, classified as anabbrev, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈfβ̞i]. Corpus data places it at rank #9,456 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Sigla de Federal Bureau of Investigation, término del inglés que traduce como Oficina Federal de Investigación (agencia de investigación criminal de los Estados Unidos de América).".

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for FBI in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable Spanish patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "fe", "fi", "fo", 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 FBI, spelled F-B-I, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Sigla de Federal Bureau of Investigation, término del inglés que traduce como Oficina Federal de Investigación (agencia de investigación criminal de los Estados Unidos de América).

Frequency rank: #9,456 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "FBI"?
"FBI" is spelled F-B-I. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈfβ̞i].
What does "FBI" mean?
As an abbrev, "FBI" means: Sigla de Federal Bureau of Investigation, término del inglés que traduce como Oficina Federal de Investigación (agencia de investigación criminal de los Estados Unidos de América).
What words are commonly confused with "FBI"?
"FBI" is commonly confused with "fe", "fi", "fo". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "FBI"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "FBI" is [ˈfβ̞i]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "FBI" come from?
"FBI" 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.