fijar
[fiˈxaɾ]
The verdict
“fijar” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #8,802. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #8,802
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 2,333
- “F” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Poner una cosa de tal forma que no se mueva.
Corpus desk
Index ES-fijar · fijar · Spanish
fijar · rank #8,802 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #8,802
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,333
- PHOTO-FINISH fallos
Nearest frequency peer: fallos (-1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “fijar”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- excesiva
excesiva
91,202 corpus weight
- Extremadura
Extremadura
91,201 corpus weight
- fallos
fallos
91,200 corpus weight
- fijar
fijar
91,199 corpus weight
- FMI
FMI
91,198 corpus weight
- fracción
fracción
91,197 corpus weight
What this shows “fijar” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fijar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [fiˈxaɾ] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #8,802 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “fijar”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around fijar (IPA [fiˈxaɾ]), averb. Corpus frequency is #8,802 among 2,333 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for fijar, with forms such as "ffijar", "fiajr", and "fijarr". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. 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 documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is fijar, spelled F-I-J-A-R.
Definition
- 1Poner una cosa de tal forma que no se mueva.
- 2Hacer que algo se vuelva estable, que no varíe.
- 3Establecer algo como definitivo.
- 4Dirigir en un sentido o dirección, con gran atención, el pensamiento, ideas o la mirada.
- 5Limitar o precisar alguna cosa.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how fijar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Fijar con pegamento.
Fijar un rumbo.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ffijar
- fiajr
- fijarr
- fijjar
- fijra
- fjiar
- ifjar
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of fijar - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "fijar", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).