fenol
[feˈnol]
The verdict
“fenol” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #81,999 among 18,759 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #81,999
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 18,759
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Compuesto orgánico de fórmula general C₆H₅OH. Se usan como materia prima para la elaboración de sustancias plásticas. Ver ácido carbólico (antisépticos). Los cresoles son fenoles con un grupo metíl...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fenol |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [feˈnol] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #81,999 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “fenol” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
fenol is uncommon Spanish at frequency #81,999 among 18,759 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [feˈnol]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Compuesto orgánico de fórmula general C₆H₅OH. Se usan como materia prima para la elaboración de sustancias plásticas. Ver ácido carbólico (antisépticos). Los cresoles son fenoles con un grupo metíl...".
fenol doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is fenol, spelled F-E-N-O-L.
Definition
- 1Compuesto orgánico de fórmula general C₆H₅OH. Se usan como materia prima para la elaboración de sustancias plásticas. Ver ácido carbólico (antisépticos). Los cresoles son fenoles con un grupo metílico. Resinas fenólicas son preparadas a partir del formaldehído.
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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 “fenol”
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- The one correct Spanish spelling is F-E-N-O-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.