femenino

[femeˈnino]

/[femeˈnino]/ adj

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The verdict

“femenino” has 11 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #3,555. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#3,555
frequency rank, Spanish
2,333
“F” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Uno de los dos géneros gramaticales tradicionales, correspondiente a los sustantivos (y a sus adjetivos y adyacentes) que al ir acompañados de un adjetivo que pueda presentar las dos terminaciones:...

Corpus desk

Index ES-femenino · femenino · Spanish

femenino · rank #3,555 · 11 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,555
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,333
  • PHOTO-FINISH escuchando

Nearest frequency peer: escuchando (-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.

Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “femenino”

Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino

corpus weight

What this shows “femenino” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

femenino vs femeninos
89% similar
femenino vs femenil
75% similar
femenino vs femenina
88% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for femenino
PropertyValue
Headwordfemenino
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[femeˈnino]
Letters8
Frequency rank#3,555
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “femenino”

La frecuencia va del puñado de palabras que usamos sin parar (izquierda) a la cola larga que apenas aparece (derecha).femeninocae aquí:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

La escala es logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× más rara). En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “escuchando” (#3,554), “feo” (#3,556), “equivalente” (#3,553). Entre 2,333 lemas con “F”, “femenino” va en #3,555. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around femenino (IPA [femeˈnino]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #3,555 among 2,333 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for femenino, with forms such as "efmenino", "feemnino", and "femeinno". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "femeninos", "femenil", "femenina", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is femenino, spelled F-E-M-E-N-I-N-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    Uno de los dos géneros gramaticales tradicionales, correspondiente a los sustantivos (y a sus adjetivos y adyacentes) que al ir acompañados de un adjetivo que pueda presentar las dos terminaciones: -o y -a exige que éste, el adjetivo, lleve la terminación -a.
  2. 2
    Que toma las formas o características propias de este género.
  3. 3
    Relativo a la mujer.
  4. 4
    Propio de la mujer. Que se comporta como lo suelen hacer las mujeres o es característico de ellas.
  5. 5
    Que tiene órganos receptores en la fecundación.
  6. 6
    Débil, endeble.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how femenino appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Así, a pesar de la /o/ final, en mano, radio, dinamo, moto, foto, nao, hay género femenino. .
  2. Cabe indicar que se aceptan las sugerencias de KERZHNER (1988), por lo que respecta a la concordancia femenina de las terminaciones genéricas en -dema, así como alguna otra puntualización nomenclaturial.

This word in other languages

feminine(English)féminin(Français)weiblich(Deutsch)feminino(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • efmenino
  • feemnino
  • femeinno
  • femeninno
  • femenion
  • femennino
  • femennio
  • femmenino
  • femneino
  • ffemenino
  • fmeenino

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of femenino - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

efmenino2feemnino2femeinno2femeninno1femenion2femennino1femennio2femmenino1
Edit distance from "femenino"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "femenino"?
"femenino" is spelled F-E-M-E-N-I-N-O. The IPA pronunciation is [femeˈnino].
What does "femenino" mean?
As an adjective, "femenino" means: Uno de los dos géneros gramaticales tradicionales, correspondiente a los sustantivos (y a sus adjetivos y adyacentes) que al ir acompañados de un adjetivo que pueda presentar las dos terminaciones:...
What words are commonly confused with "femenino"?
"femenino" is commonly confused with "femeninos", "femenil", "femenina". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "femenino"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "femenino" is [femeˈnino]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "femenino" come from?
"femenino" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "femenino", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

entregar#3,552destruir#3,546desierto#3,545invitado#3,566

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

mediados11 variantsvirtual11 variantsquedando11 variantsRichard11 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list