feto

/[ˈfet̪o]/ noun

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#13,700

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

5

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

feto is aSpanishnoun. It means: Organismo vertebrado vivíparo, en su desarrollo intrauterino, que ya ha pasado por la etapa de embrión pero que aun no ha nacido. Pronounced [ˈfet̪o]. Often confused with fo and fit.

Key facts for feto
PropertyValue
Headwordfeto
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈfet̪o]
Letters4
Frequency rank#13,700
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of feto in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for feto is 4 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈfet̪o]. Corpus data places it at rank #13,700 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Organismo vertebrado vivíparo, en su desarrollo intrauterino, que ya ha pasado por la etapa de embrión pero que aun no ha nacido.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 5 documented wrong-spelling variants for feto, with forms such as "efto", "feot", and "fetto". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "fo", "fit", "fez", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is feto, spelled F-E-T-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Organismo vertebrado vivíparo, en su desarrollo intrauterino, que ya ha pasado por la etapa de embrión pero que aun no ha nacido.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: efto,feot,fetto,ffeto,fteo

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for feto

Misspelling Variants of "feto"

efto4feot4fetto5ffeto5fteo4
Misspelling Variants of "feto"

Frequency rank: #13,700 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "feto"?
"feto" is spelled F-E-T-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈfet̪o].
What does "feto" mean?
As a noun, "feto" means: Organismo vertebrado vivíparo, en su desarrollo intrauterino, que ya ha pasado por la etapa de embrión pero que aun no ha nacido.
What words are commonly confused with "feto"?
"feto" is commonly confused with "fo", "fit", "fez". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "feto"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "feto" is [ˈfet̪o]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "feto" come from?
"feto" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Spanish words

Other entries that begin with the letter F in our Spanish index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.