finiquito
[finiˈkit̪o]
The verdict
“finiquito” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #50,931 among 18,759 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,931
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 18,759
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Extinción de la deuda, liquidación.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | finiquito |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [finiˈkit̪o] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #50,931 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “finiquito” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
finiquito is uncommon Spanish at frequency #50,931 among 18,759 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [finiˈkit̪o]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for finiquito in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
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. The correct Spanish form is finiquito, spelled F-I-N-I-Q-U-I-T-O.
Definition
- 1Extinción de la deuda, liquidación.
- 2Documento y acto con el que se da por finalizada una relación comercial. en este se cierran las cuentas derivadas de la esta relación.
- 3Documento por el que se pone fin a la relación laboral existente entre el trabajador y el empresario. Con su firma, el empresario queda libre de abonar cantidad alguna al empleado, y este queda libre de la obligación de trabajar a las órdenes del primero.
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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Using “finiquito”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is F-I-N-I-Q-U-I-T-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [finiˈkit̪o] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.