fio

/[ˈfjo]/ verb

Letters

3 characters

Frequency Rank

#33,129

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

fio is aSpanishverb. It means: Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de fiar. Pronounced [ˈfjo]. Often confused with fo and FP.

Key facts for fio
PropertyValue
Headwordfio
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈfjo]
Letters3
Frequency rank#33,129
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for fio is 3 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈfjo]. Corpus data places it at rank #33,129 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de fiar.".

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for fio in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable Spanish patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "fo", "FP", "fue", 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 fio, spelled F-I-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de fiar.

Frequency rank: #33,129 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "fio"?
"fio" is spelled F-I-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈfjo].
What does "fio" mean?
As a verb, "fio" means: Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de fiar.
What words are commonly confused with "fio"?
"fio" is commonly confused with "fo", "FP", "fue". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "fio"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "fio" is [ˈfjo]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "fio" come from?
"fio" 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.