fenómeno
[feˈnomeno]
The verdict
“fenómeno” is a regularly-used Spanish word, ranked #2,662 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #2,662
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8
- letters
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Evento que se da a la percepción, en especial aquél que suscita atención particular o curiosidad.
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 | fenómeno |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [feˈnomeno] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #2,662 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “fenómeno” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for fenómeno is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [feˈnomeno]. Corpus data places it at rank #2,662 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for fenómeno, with forms such as "efnómeno", "fenmóeno", and "fennómeno". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "fenómenos", "fenomenal", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is fenómeno, spelled F-E-N-Ó-M-E-N-O.
Definition
- 1Evento que se da a la percepción, en especial aquél que suscita atención particular o curiosidad.
- 2Objeto de la cognición, tal como se presenta a la percepción sensible ya moldeado por el aparato categorial que postulan las teorías idealistas.
- 3Ser que presenta deformidades o anomalías muy acentuadas.
- 4Individuo excepcional en su género por su capacidad o logros.
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: efnómeno,fenmóeno,fennómeno,fenóemno,fenómenno,fenómeon,fenómmeno,fenómneo,feónmeno,ffenómeno,fneómeno
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of fenómeno - 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 “fenómeno”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is F-E-N-Ó-M-E-N-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [feˈnomeno] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “fenómenos” - see the side-by-side comparison. fenómeno vs fenómenos
- 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.