fisco
[ˈfisko]
The verdict
“fisco” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #24,154 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #24,154
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 5
- letters
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Conjunto de órganos de la administración de un estado encargados de recaudar los impuestos, así como la administración de los ingresos y egresos
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 | fisco |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈfisko] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #24,154 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “fisco” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for fisco is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈfisko]. Corpus data places it at rank #24,154 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 3 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 fisco, with forms such as "ffisco", "ficso", and "fiscco". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "foco", "fish", "foso", 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 its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is fisco, spelled F-I-S-C-O.
Definition
- 1Conjunto de órganos de la administración de un estado encargados de recaudar los impuestos, así como la administración de los ingresos y egresos
- 2Conjunto de bienes que conforman el tesoro público
- 3Antigua moneda de cobre, con valor de un cuarto de centavo, que se empleaba en Venezuela a mediados del siglo XIX
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ffisco,ficso,fiscco,fisoc,fissco,fsico,ifsco
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of fisco - 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 “fisco”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is F-I-S-C-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈfisko] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “foco” - see the side-by-side comparison. fisco vs foco
- 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.