fili
/ˈfiː.liː/
The verdict
“fili” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #67,754 among 2,333 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #67,754
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 2,333
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Forma del vocativo y genitivo singular de filius ('hijo').
Corpus desk
Index ES-fili · fili · Spanish
fili · rank #67,754 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #67,754
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,333
- PHOTO-FINISH fijándose
Nearest frequency peer: fijándose (-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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “fili”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- fey
fey
32,251 corpus weight
- fidedignas
fidedignas
32,249 corpus weight
- fijándose
fijándose
32,248 corpus weight
- fili
fili
32,247 corpus weight
- filigrana
filigrana
32,246 corpus weight
- fleet
fleet
32,245 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “fili” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fili |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈfiː.liː/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #67,754 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “fili” en español
Rare enough to double-check
fili is uncommon Spanish at frequency #67,754 among 2,333 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈfiː.liː/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Forma del vocativo y genitivo singular de filius ('hijo').".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for fili, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is fili, spelled F-I-L-I.
Definition
- 1Forma del vocativo y genitivo singular de filius ('hijo').
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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