foco

/[ˈfoko]/ noun

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#6,680

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

5

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

foco is aSpanishnoun. It means: Punto físico en el que convergen los rayos de luz reflejados o refractados por una lente o espejo. Pronounced [ˈfoko]. It ranks #6,680 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with for and fox.

Key facts for foco
PropertyValue
Headwordfoco
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈfoko]
Letters4
Frequency rank#6,680
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for foco is 4 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈfoko]. Corpus data places it at rank #6,680 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 13 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 5 documented wrong-spelling variants for foco, with forms such as "fcoo", "ffoco", and "focco". 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, "for", "fox", "foto", 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 foco, spelled F-O-C-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Punto físico en el que convergen los rayos de luz reflejados o refractados por una lente o espejo.
  2. 2
    Punto desde el cual parten los rayos caloríficos o luminosos.
  3. 3
    Punto cartesiano al que puede asociarse un segmento de recta de tal modo que la suma de las distancias de un punto en una curva hacia el foco y la recta sean constantes; de las propiedades del segmento dependerá la figura así trazada.
  4. 4
    Propiedad de converger la luz adecuadamente sobre el medio fotográfico para producir una representación precisa y clara.
  5. 5
    Figurativamente, aquello en que se concentra la atención.
  6. 6
    Lugar físico o imaginario en el que se concentra una cosa o actividad y desde donde se propaga.
  7. 7
    Dispositivo eléctrico formado por un delgado hilo de vanadio u otro metal en un recipiente vacío, a través del cual se hace pasar corriente eléctrica para iluminar por incandescencia.
  8. 8
    Dispositivo de potentes luces que los coches llevan en la parte delantera para iluminar su camino.
  9. 9
    Dispositivo para iluminar con mucha potencia en cierta dirección.
  10. 10
    Farola para iluminar las calles.
  11. 11
    Dispositivo portátil para iluminar, que funciona con pilas o baterías.
  12. 12
    Vela mayor de una balandra (pequeña embarcación de un solo palo).
  13. 13
    Foca macho.

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: fcoo,ffoco,focco,fooc,ofco

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for foco

Misspelling Variants of "foco"

fcoo4ffoco5focco5fooc4ofco4
Misspelling Variants of "foco"

Frequency rank: #6,680 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "foco"?
"foco" is spelled F-O-C-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈfoko].
What does "foco" mean?
As a noun, "foco" means: Punto físico en el que convergen los rayos de luz reflejados o refractados por una lente o espejo.
What words are commonly confused with "foco"?
"foco" is commonly confused with "for", "fox", "foto". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "foco"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "foco" is [ˈfoko]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "foco" come from?
"foco" 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.