flaco

/[ˈflako]/ adj

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#6,679

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

flaco is anSpanishadj. It means: Escaso de carnes y grasa. Pronounced [ˈflako]. It ranks #6,679 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with flo and foco.

Key facts for flaco
PropertyValue
Headwordflaco
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdj
IPA[ˈflako]
Letters5
Frequency rank#6,679
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of flaco in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for flaco is 5 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈflako]. Corpus data places it at rank #6,679 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for flaco, with forms such as "falco", "fflaco", and "flacco". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "flo", "foco", "flan", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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 flaco, spelled F-L-A-C-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Escaso de carnes y grasa.
  2. 2
    Escaso de fuerzas, vigor o solidez.
  3. 3
    Dicho de ideas o emociones, de poca solidez y consistencia.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: falco,fflaco,flacco,flaoc,flcao,fllaco,lfaco

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for flaco

Misspelling Variants of "flaco"

falco5fflaco6flacco6flaoc5flcao5fllaco6lfaco5
Misspelling Variants of "flaco"

Frequency rank: #6,679 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "flaco"?
"flaco" is spelled F-L-A-C-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈflako].
What does "flaco" mean?
As an adj, "flaco" means: Escaso de carnes y grasa.
What words are commonly confused with "flaco"?
"flaco" is commonly confused with "flo", "foco", "flan". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "flaco"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "flaco" is [ˈflako]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "flaco" come from?
"flaco" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.