fiesta

/[ˈfjest̪a]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#893

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

7

similar word pairs

fiesta is aSpanishnoun. It means: Día consagrado a actos religiosos. Día en que se celebran ceremonias religiosas. Pronounced [ˈfjest̪a]. It ranks #893 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with first and fresa.

Key facts for fiesta
PropertyValue
Headwordfiesta
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈfjest̪a]
Letters6
Frequency rank#893
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for fiesta is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈfjest̪a]. Corpus data places it at rank #893 in overall Spanish word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for fiesta, with forms such as "feista", "ffiesta", and "fiesat". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "first", "fresa", "fresca", 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 fiesta, spelled F-I-E-S-T-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Día consagrado a actos religiosos. Día en que se celebran ceremonias religiosas.
  2. 2
    Día en que se celebra algún evento histórico y en el que permanecen cerradas las oficinas públicas.
  3. 3
    Reunión de personas para celebrar algún evento o simplemente para divertirse.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: feista,ffiesta,fiesat,fiessta,fiestta,fietsa,fiseta,ifesta

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for fiesta

Misspelling Variants of "fiesta"

feista6ffiesta7fiesat6fiessta7fiestta7fietsa6fiseta6ifesta6
Misspelling Variants of "fiesta"

Frequency rank: #893 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "fiesta"?
"fiesta" is spelled F-I-E-S-T-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈfjest̪a].
What does "fiesta" mean?
As a noun, "fiesta" means: Día consagrado a actos religiosos. Día en que se celebran ceremonias religiosas.
What words are commonly confused with "fiesta"?
"fiesta" is commonly confused with "first", "fresa", "fresca". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "fiesta"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "fiesta" is [ˈfjest̪a]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "fiesta" come from?
"fiesta" 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.