filamento

/[filaˈmẽn̪t̪o]/ noun

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#46,567

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

13

tracked variants

Confusables

5

similar word pairs

filamento is aSpanishnoun. It means: Parte del estambre, filiforme o con forma de bastoncito delgado, en cuyo extremo superior lleva la antera, dentro de la cual suele haber cuatro sacos polínicos o microsporangios Pronounced [filaˈmẽn̪t̪o]. Often confused with flamenco and finamente.

Key facts for filamento
PropertyValue
Headwordfilamento
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[filaˈmẽn̪t̪o]
Letters9
Frequency rank#46,567
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for filamento is 9 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [filaˈmẽn̪t̪o]. Corpus data places it at rank #46,567 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 Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 13 documented wrong-spelling variants for filamento, with forms such as "ffilamento", "fialmento", and "filaemnto". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "flamenco", "finamente", "filamentos", 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 filamento, spelled F-I-L-A-M-E-N-T-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Parte del estambre, filiforme o con forma de bastoncito delgado, en cuyo extremo superior lleva la antera, dentro de la cual suele haber cuatro sacos polínicos o microsporangios
  2. 2
    Pedazo o porción de algún elemento con forma de hilo.
  3. 3
    Hilo incandescente que produce la luz en las bombillas eléctricas.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ffilamento,fialmento,filaemnto,filamennto,filamenot,filamentto,filametno,filammento,filamneto,fillamento,filmaento,fliamento,iflamento

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for filamento

Misspelling Variants of "filamento"

ffilamento10fialmento9filaemnto9filamennto10filamenot9filamentto10filametno9filammento10
Misspelling Variants of "filamento"

Frequency rank: #46,567 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "filamento"?
"filamento" is spelled F-I-L-A-M-E-N-T-O. The IPA pronunciation is [filaˈmẽn̪t̪o].
What does "filamento" mean?
As a noun, "filamento" means: Parte del estambre, filiforme o con forma de bastoncito delgado, en cuyo extremo superior lleva la antera, dentro de la cual suele haber cuatro sacos polínicos o microsporangios
What words are commonly confused with "filamento"?
"filamento" is commonly confused with "flamenco", "finamente", "filamentos". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "filamento"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "filamento" is [filaˈmẽn̪t̪o]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "filamento" come from?
"filamento" 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.