fecal
[feˈkal]
The verdict
“fecal” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #36,046 in Spanish word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #36,046
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 5
- letters
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 18
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Se dice de la materia puramente excrementicia.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fecal |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [feˈkal] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #36,046 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 18 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “fecal” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for fecal is 5 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [feˈkal]. Corpus data places it at rank #36,046 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Se dice de la materia puramente excrementicia.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for fecal, with forms such as "efcal", "fceal", and "feacl". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 18 confusable-pair relationships, "feel", "foca", "final", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is fecal, spelled F-E-C-A-L.
Definition
- 1Se dice de la materia puramente excrementicia.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: efcal,fceal,feacl,fecall,feccal,fecla,ffecal
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of fecal - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Using “fecal”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is F-E-C-A-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [feˈkal] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “feel” - see the side-by-side comparison. fecal vs feel
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.