firma
[ˈfiɾma]
The verdict
“firma” is a regularly-used Spanish word, ranked #1,898 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #1,898
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 5
- letters
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Acción o efecto de firmar o de firmarse.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | firma |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈfiɾma] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #1,898 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “firma” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for firma is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈfiɾma]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,898 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 12 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for firma, with forms such as "ffirma", "fimra", and "firam". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "fra", "fría", "form", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No borrowing history is documented 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 firma, spelled F-I-R-M-A.
Definition
- 1Acción o efecto de firmar o de firmarse.
- 2Leyenda manuscrita que estampa una persona al pie de un documento para señalar que es de su autoría o cuenta con su refrendo.
- 3persona jurídica que realiza una actividad económica.
- 4Figuradamente, señal distintiva que indica el carácter propio e idiosincrático de algo.
- 5Por extensión, autor reconocible por su firma₄
- 6El juicio y despacho en virtud del cual se mantenía a alguno en la posesión de bienes o derechos.
- 7Acto de esparcir o atizar con la badila la lumbre de un brasero.
- 8Nombre y apellido, o título, de una persona, que ésta pone con rúbrica al pie de un documento escrito de mano propia o ajena, para darle autenticidad o para obligarse a lo que en él se diga.
- 9Nombre y apellido, o título, de la persona que no usa rúbrica, o no debe usarla, puesto al pie de un documento.
- 10Conjunto de documentos que se presentan a un jefe para que los firme.
- 11Uno de los cuatro procesos forales de Aragón, por el cual se mantenía a uno en la posesión de los bienes o derechos que se suponía pertenecerle.
- 12Despacho que expedía el tribunal al que se valía de este proceso.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ffirma,fimra,firam,firmma,firrma,frima,ifrma
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of firma - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 “firma”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is F-I-R-M-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈfiɾma] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “fra” - see the side-by-side comparison. firma vs fra
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.