finta
[ˈfĩn̪t̪a]
The verdict
“finta” is an uncommon Spanish word, ranked #61,590 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #61,590
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Impuesto o tributo que se pagaba a un gobernante, en particular a un príncipe o soberano, en casos de seria necesidad, peligro o urgencia.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | finta |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈfĩn̪t̪a] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #61,590 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “finta” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for finta is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈfĩn̪t̪a]. Corpus data places it at rank #61,590 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Impuesto o tributo que se pagaba a un gobernante, en particular a un príncipe o soberano, en casos de seria necesidad, peligro o urgencia.".
No misspelling variants are generated for finta in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
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 finta, spelled F-I-N-T-A.
Definition
- 1Impuesto o tributo que se pagaba a un gobernante, en particular a un príncipe o soberano, en casos de seria necesidad, peligro o urgencia.
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 “finta”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is F-I-N-T-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈfĩn̪t̪a] (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.