fleco

/[ˈfleko]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#74,537

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

fleco is aSpanishnoun. It means: Hilillo que remata como adorno una tela, bien en un traje o en la ropa de los muebles, etc. Pronounced [ˈfleko].

Key facts for fleco
PropertyValue
Headwordfleco
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈfleko]
Letters5
Frequency rank#74,537
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for fleco is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈfleko]. Corpus data places it at rank #74,537 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for fleco in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable Spanish patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.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 fleco, spelled F-L-E-C-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Hilillo que remata como adorno una tela, bien en un traje o en la ropa de los muebles, etc.
  2. 2
    Adorno compuesto por una serie de hilos o cordoncillos colgantes de una pieza de tela o de pasamanería.
  3. 3
    Borde deshilachado por el uso en una tela vieja.
  4. 4
    Detalle que todavía debe ser resuelto en un determinado asunto o negociación.
  5. 5
    Flequillo.

Frequency rank: #74,537 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "fleco"?
"fleco" is spelled F-L-E-C-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈfleko].
What does "fleco" mean?
As a noun, "fleco" means: Hilillo que remata como adorno una tela, bien en un traje o en la ropa de los muebles, etc.
How do you pronounce "fleco"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "fleco" is [ˈfleko]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "fleco" come from?
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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.