fisionomía

[fisjonoˈmia]

/[fisjonoˈmia]/ noun

The verdict

“fisionomía” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #98,448 among 2,333 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#98,448
frequency rank, Spanish
2,333
“F” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Aspecto particular que ofrece el rostro de una persona, que resulta de la varia combinación de sus facciones.

Corpus desk

Index ES-fisionomia · fisionomía · Spanish

fisionomía · rank #98,448 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #98,448
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,333
  • PHOTO-FINISH finjas

Nearest frequency peer: finjas (-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.

Rangos de cola larga cerca de “fisionomía”

Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “fisionomía” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for fisionomía
PropertyValue
Headwordfisionomía
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[fisjonoˈmia]
Letters10
Frequency rank#98,448
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “fisionomía” en español

La frecuencia va del puñado de palabras que usamos sin parar (izquierda) a la cola larga que apenas aparece (derecha).fisionomíacae en esta cola de rareza:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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El eje es logarítmico: cada tick marca unas diez veces menos frecuencia. Vecinos raros de la misma franja: “finjas” (#98,447), “flanes” (#98,450), “florecita” (#98,451). Entre 2,333 lemas con “F”, “fisionomía” va en #98,448. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

fisionomía is uncommon Spanish at frequency #98,448 among 2,333 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [fisjonoˈmia]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

fisionomía doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is fisionomía, spelled F-I-S-I-O-N-O-M-Í-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Aspecto particular que ofrece el rostro de una persona, que resulta de la varia combinación de sus facciones.
  2. 2
    Apariencia externa de algo.

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 "fisionomía"?
"fisionomía" is spelled F-I-S-I-O-N-O-M-Í-A. The IPA pronunciation is [fisjonoˈmia].
What does "fisionomía" mean?
As a noun, "fisionomía" means: Aspecto particular que ofrece el rostro de una persona, que resulta de la varia combinación de sus facciones.
How do you pronounce "fisionomía"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "fisionomía" is [fisjonoˈmia]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "fisionomía" come from?
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list