fisonomía

/[fisonoˈmia]/ noun

The verdict

“fisonomía” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #39,236 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.

#39,236
frequency rank, Spanish
9
letters
12
tracked misspellings

Dominant Wiktionary sense: Aspecto que ofrece el rostro de una persona.

Key facts for fisonomía
PropertyValue
Headwordfisonomía
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[fisonoˈmia]
Letters9
Frequency rank#39,236
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “fisonomía” sits in Spanish frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). fisonomía lands here:

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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for fisonomía is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [fisonoˈmia]. Corpus data places it at rank #39,236 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for fisonomía, with forms such as "ffisonomía", "fiosnomía", and "fisnoomía". 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 is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

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 fisonomía, spelled F-I-S-O-N-O-M-Í-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Aspecto que ofrece el rostro de una persona.
  2. 2
    Apariencia externa de algo.

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ffisonomía,fiosnomía,fisnoomía,fisonmoía,fisonnomía,fisonomaí,fisonommía,fisonoíma,fisoonmía,fissonomía,fsionomía,ifsonomía

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of fisonomía — measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

Edit distance from "fisonomía"

ffisonomía1fiosnomía2fisnoomía2fisonmoía2fisonnomía1fisonomaí2fisonommía1fisonoíma2
Edit distance from "fisonomía"

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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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "fisonomía"?
"fisonomía" is spelled F-I-S-O-N-O-M-Í-A. The IPA pronunciation is [fisonoˈmia].
What does "fisonomía" mean?
As a noun, "fisonomía" means: Aspecto que ofrece el rostro de una persona.
What are common misspellings of "fisonomía"?
Common misspellings include "ffisonomía", "fiosnomía", "fisnoomía", "fisonmoía", "fisonnomía". The correct spelling is "fisonomía".
How do you pronounce "fisonomía"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "fisonomía" is [fisonoˈmia]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "fisonomía" come from?
"fisonomía" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Using “fisonomía”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Spanish spelling is F-I-S-O-N-O-M-Í-A — every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [fisonoˈmia] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.

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

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