fingir

/[fĩŋˈxiɾ]/ verb

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#9,825

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

6

similar word pairs

fingir is aSpanishverb. It means: Producir deliberadamente la impresión de que se es o se siente algo sin ser ese el caso. Pronounced [fĩŋˈxiɾ]. It ranks #9,825 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with fundir and finge.

Key facts for fingir
PropertyValue
Headwordfingir
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[fĩŋˈxiɾ]
Letters6
Frequency rank#9,825
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for fingir is 6 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [fĩŋˈxiɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #9,825 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 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for fingir, with forms such as "ffingir", "fignir", and "finggir". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "fundir", "finge", "fingió", 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 fingir, spelled F-I-N-G-I-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Producir deliberadamente la impresión de que se es o se siente algo sin ser ese el caso.
  2. 2
    Producir artificialmente una ilusión verosímil.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ffingir,fignir,finggir,fingirr,fingri,finigr,finngir,fnigir,ifngir

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for fingir

Misspelling Variants of "fingir"

ffingir7fignir6finggir7fingirr7fingri6finigr6finngir7fnigir6
Misspelling Variants of "fingir"

Frequency rank: #9,825 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "fingir"?
"fingir" is spelled F-I-N-G-I-R. The IPA pronunciation is [fĩŋˈxiɾ].
What does "fingir" mean?
As a verb, "fingir" means: Producir deliberadamente la impresión de que se es o se siente algo sin ser ese el caso.
What words are commonly confused with "fingir"?
"fingir" is commonly confused with "fundir", "finge", "fingió". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "fingir"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "fingir" is [fĩŋˈxiɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "fingir" come from?
"fingir" 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.