fijar

/[fiˈxaɾ]/ verb

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#8,802

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

fijar is aSpanishverb. It means: Poner una cosa de tal forma que no se mueva. Pronounced [fiˈxaɾ]. It ranks #8,802 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with fijo and fila.

Key facts for fijar
PropertyValue
Headwordfijar
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[fiˈxaɾ]
Letters5
Frequency rank#8,802
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for fijar is 5 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [fiˈxaɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #8,802 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 5 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 fijar, with forms such as "ffijar", "fiajr", and "fijarr". 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, "fijo", "fila", "fina", 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 fijar, spelled F-I-J-A-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Poner una cosa de tal forma que no se mueva.
  2. 2
    Hacer que algo se vuelva estable, que no varíe.
  3. 3
    Establecer algo como definitivo.
  4. 4
    Dirigir en un sentido o dirección, con gran atención, el pensamiento, ideas o la mirada.
  5. 5
    Limitar o precisar alguna cosa.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ffijar,fiajr,fijarr,fijjar,fijra,fjiar,ifjar

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for fijar

Misspelling Variants of "fijar"

ffijar6fiajr5fijarr6fijjar6fijra5fjiar5ifjar5
Misspelling Variants of "fijar"

Frequency rank: #8,802 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "fijar"?
"fijar" is spelled F-I-J-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is [fiˈxaɾ].
What does "fijar" mean?
As a verb, "fijar" means: Poner una cosa de tal forma que no se mueva.
What words are commonly confused with "fijar"?
"fijar" is commonly confused with "fijo", "fila", "fina". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "fijar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "fijar" is [fiˈxaɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "fijar" come from?
"fijar" 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.