fecha
[ˈfet͡ʃa]
The verdict
“fecha” is in the everyday core of Spanish, ranked #658 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #658
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 5
- letters
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 14
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Especificación de un día dentro de un calendario, tipicamente una fecha determina el año, el mes y el día dentro del mes.
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 | fecha |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈfet͡ʃa] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #658 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 14 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “fecha” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for fecha is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈfet͡ʃa]. Corpus data places it at rank #658 in overall Spanish word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Especificación de un día dentro de un calendario, tipicamente una fecha determina el año, el mes y el día dentro del mes.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for fecha, with forms such as "efcha", "fceha", and "fecah". 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 14 confusable-pair relationships, "foca", "feria", "ficha", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is fecha, spelled F-E-C-H-A.
Definition
- 1Especificación de un día dentro de un calendario, tipicamente una fecha determina el año, el mes y el día dentro del mes.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: efcha,fceha,fecah,feccha,fechha,fehca,ffecha
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of fecha - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “fecha”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is F-E-C-H-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈfet͡ʃa] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “foca” - see the side-by-side comparison. fecha vs foca
- 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.