filosa
[fiˈlosa]
The verdict
“filosa” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #88,868 among 18,759 “F” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #88,868
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 18,759
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Forma del femenino de filoso.
Corpus desk
Index ES-filosa · filosa · Spanish
filosa · rank #88,868 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #88,868
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 18,759
- PHOTO-FINISH figurativos
Nearest frequency peer: figurativos (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “filosa”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- fidedignos
fidedignos
11,136 corpus weight
- figurantes
figurantes
11,135 corpus weight
- figurativos
figurativos
11,134 corpus weight
- filosa
filosa
11,133 corpus weight
- fingieron
fingieron
11,132 corpus weight
- fiscaliza
fiscaliza
11,130 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “filosa” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | filosa |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [fiˈlosa] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #88,868 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “filosa” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
filosa is uncommon Spanish at frequency #88,868 among 18,759 “F” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [fiˈlosa]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Forma del femenino de filoso.".
filosa has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is filosa, spelled F-I-L-O-S-A.
Definition
- 1Forma del femenino de filoso.
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
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.