febrero

/[feˈβ̞ɾeɾo]/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#626

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

6

similar word pairs

febrero is aSpanishnoun. It means: Segundo mes del año en el calendario gregoriano. Pronounced [feˈβ̞ɾeɾo]. It ranks #626 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with Ferrer and férreo.

Key facts for febrero
PropertyValue
Headwordfebrero
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[feˈβ̞ɾeɾo]
Letters7
Frequency rank#626
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for febrero is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [feˈβ̞ɾeɾo]. Corpus data places it at rank #626 in overall Spanish word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Segundo mes del año en el calendario gregoriano.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for febrero, with forms such as "efbrero", "fberero", and "febbrero". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "Ferrer", "férreo", "Ferrero", 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 febrero, spelled F-E-B-R-E-R-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Segundo mes del año en el calendario gregoriano.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: efbrero,fberero,febbrero,feberro,febreor,febrerro,febrreo,febrrero,ferbero,fevrero,ffebrero

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for febrero

Misspelling Variants of "febrero"

efbrero7fberero7febbrero8feberro7febreor7febrerro8febrreo7febrrero8
Misspelling Variants of "febrero"

Frequency rank: #626 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "febrero"?
"febrero" is spelled F-E-B-R-E-R-O. The IPA pronunciation is [feˈβ̞ɾeɾo].
What does "febrero" mean?
As a noun, "febrero" means: Segundo mes del año en el calendario gregoriano.
What words are commonly confused with "febrero"?
"febrero" is commonly confused with "Ferrer", "férreo", "Ferrero". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "febrero"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "febrero" is [feˈβ̞ɾeɾo]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "febrero" come from?
"febrero" 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.