ficha

/[ˈfit͡ʃa]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#6,062

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

ficha is aSpanishnoun. It means: Pieza pequeña, cilíndrica y chata similar a una moneda que tiene valor dentro de un circuito cerrado, como por ejemplo, un casino, un lavedero de autos, una sala de juegos, etc. Pronounced [ˈfit͡ʃa]. It ranks #6,062 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with fila and fifa.

Key facts for ficha
PropertyValue
Headwordficha
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈfit͡ʃa]
Letters5
Frequency rank#6,062
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for ficha is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈfit͡ʃa]. Corpus data places it at rank #6,062 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for ficha, with forms such as "fciha", "fficha", and "ficah". 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, "fila", "fifa", "fija", 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 ficha, spelled F-I-C-H-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pieza pequeña, cilíndrica y chata similar a una moneda que tiene valor dentro de un circuito cerrado, como por ejemplo, un casino, un lavedero de autos, una sala de juegos, etc.
  2. 2
    Por extensión, piezas pequeñas y chatas que se utilizan en diversos juegos de mesa.
  3. 3
    Documento técnico en donde están tabuladas las principales características mensurables del objeto sobre el que trata.
  4. 4
    Por extensión, documento que guarda una institución con datos personales de algún individuo, a veces con antecedentes relevantes.
  5. 5
    Persona en la que no se puede confiar o que tiene intenciones poco transparentes.
  6. 6
    Moneda.

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: fciha,fficha,ficah,ficcha,fichha,fihca,ifcha

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for ficha

Misspelling Variants of "ficha"

fciha5fficha6ficah5ficcha6fichha6fihca5ifcha5
Misspelling Variants of "ficha"

Frequency rank: #6,062 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "ficha"?
"ficha" is spelled F-I-C-H-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈfit͡ʃa].
What does "ficha" mean?
As a noun, "ficha" means: Pieza pequeña, cilíndrica y chata similar a una moneda que tiene valor dentro de un circuito cerrado, como por ejemplo, un casino, un lavedero de autos, una sala de juegos, etc.
What words are commonly confused with "ficha"?
"ficha" is commonly confused with "fila", "fifa", "fija". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "ficha"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ficha" is [ˈfit͡ʃa]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ficha" come from?
"ficha" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.