firma

[ˈfiɾma]

/[ˈfiɾma]/ noun

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The verdict

“firma” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #1,898. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,898
frequency rank, Spanish
2,333
“F” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Acción o efecto de firmar o de firmarse.

Corpus desk

Index ES-firma · firma · Spanish

firma · rank #1,898 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,898
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,333
  • PHOTO-FINISH evidencia

Nearest frequency peer: evidencia (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “firma”

Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino

corpus weight

What this shows “firma” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

firma vs fra
60% similar
firma vs fría
60% similar
firma vs form
60% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for firma
PropertyValue
Headwordfirma
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈfiɾma]
Letters5
Frequency rank#1,898
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “firma”

De izquierda a derecha: las pocas palabras que cargan el habla diaria, luego la cola larga casi invisible.firmacae aquí:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

La escala es logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× más rara). En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “evidencia” (#1,897), “for” (#1,899), “Estrella” (#1,896). Entre 2,333 lemas con “F”, “firma” va en #1,898. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around firma (IPA [ˈfiɾma]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,898 among 2,333 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 12 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

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

  1. 1
    Acción o efecto de firmar o de firmarse.
  2. 2
    Leyenda manuscrita que estampa una persona al pie de un documento para señalar que es de su autoría o cuenta con su refrendo.
  3. 3
    persona jurídica que realiza una actividad económica.
  4. 4
    Figuradamente, señal distintiva que indica el carácter propio e idiosincrático de algo.
  5. 5
    Por extensión, autor reconocible por su firma₄
  6. 6
    El juicio y despacho en virtud del cual se mantenía a alguno en la posesión de bienes o derechos.
  7. 7
    Acto de esparcir o atizar con la badila la lumbre de un brasero.
  8. 8
    Nombre 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.
  9. 9
    Nombre y apellido, o título, de la persona que no usa rúbrica, o no debe usarla, puesto al pie de un documento.
  10. 10
    Conjunto de documentos que se presentan a un jefe para que los firme.
  11. 11
    Uno 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.
  12. 12
    Despacho que expedía el tribunal al que se valía de este proceso.

Synonyms

rúbricacompañíaempresasellosello

This word in other languages

signature(English)signature(Français)Unterschrift(Deutsch)assinatura(Português)

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.

ffirma1fimra2firam2firmma1firrma1frima2ifrma2
Edit distance from "firma"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "firma"?
"firma" is spelled F-I-R-M-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈfiɾma].
What does "firma" mean?
As a noun, "firma" means: Acción o efecto de firmar o de firmarse.
What words are commonly confused with "firma"?
"firma" is commonly confused with "fra", "fría", "form". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "firma"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "firma" is [ˈfiɾma]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "firma" come from?
"firma" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "firma", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

metro#1,905breve#1,888señal#1,918pidió#1,874

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

llaman7 variantsnotas7 variantsmuseo7 variantslindo7 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list