fichar
Letters
6 characters
Frequency Rank
#21,338
in Spanish word usage
Misspellings
9
tracked variants
Confusables
12
similar word pairs
fichar is aSpanishverb. It means: Observar con atención. Pronounced [fiˈt͡ʃaɾ]. Often confused with fijar and firmar.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fichar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [fiˈt͡ʃaɾ] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #21,338 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 12 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency rank visualization
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for fichar is 6 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [fiˈt͡ʃaɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #21,338 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for fichar, with forms such as "fcihar", "ffichar", and "ficahr". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 12 confusable-pair relationships, "fijar", "firmar", "fichas", 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 fichar, spelled F-I-C-H-A-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1Observar con atención.
- 2Hacerse idea cabal de alguna cosa.
- 3Observar a alguno con intención lasciva.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: fcihar,ffichar,ficahr,ficchar,ficharr,fichhar,fichra,fihcar,ifchar
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
Relative frequency of common misspelling types for fichar
Misspelling Variants of "fichar"
Frequency rank: #21,338 in Spanish
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Nearby Spanish words
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