fijo

/[ˈfixo]/ adj

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#3,844

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

5

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

fijo is anSpanishadj. It means: Que está bien atado, apretado o asegurado. Pronounced [ˈfixo]. It ranks #3,844 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with fo and fin.

Key facts for fijo
PropertyValue
Headwordfijo
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdj
IPA[ˈfixo]
Letters4
Frequency rank#3,844
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for fijo is 4 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈfixo]. Corpus data places it at rank #3,844 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 5 documented wrong-spelling variants for fijo, with forms such as "ffijo", "fijjo", and "fioj". 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, "fo", "fin", "fit", 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 fijo, spelled F-I-J-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Que está bien atado, apretado o asegurado.
  2. 2
    Que no se mueve o no puede ser cambiado fácilmente; ya determinado o establecido con firmeza o de manera permanente.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ffijo,fijjo,fioj,fjio,ifjo

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for fijo

Misspelling Variants of "fijo"

ffijo5fijjo5fioj4fjio4ifjo4
Misspelling Variants of "fijo"

Frequency rank: #3,844 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "fijo"?
"fijo" is spelled F-I-J-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈfixo].
What does "fijo" mean?
As an adj, "fijo" means: Que está bien atado, apretado o asegurado.
What words are commonly confused with "fijo"?
"fijo" is commonly confused with "fo", "fin", "fit". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "fijo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "fijo" is [ˈfixo]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "fijo" come from?
"fijo" 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.