foi
[ˈfoj]
The verdict
“foi” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #66,954 among 18,759 “F” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,954
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 18,759
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Tercera persona del singular del pretérito de indicativo de ser.
Corpus desk
Index ES-foi · foi · Spanish
foi · rank #66,954 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #66,954
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 18,759
- PHOTO-FINISH fogosa
Nearest frequency peer: fogosa (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “foi”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- fingimos
fingimos
33,050 corpus weight
- flop
flop
33,049 corpus weight
- fogosa
fogosa
33,048 corpus weight
- foi
foi
33,047 corpus weight
- follo
follo
33,046 corpus weight
- formol
formol
33,044 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “foi” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | foi |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈfoj] |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #66,954 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “foi” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
foi is uncommon Spanish at frequency #66,954 among 18,759 “F” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈfoj]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for foi in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is foi, spelled F-O-I.
Definition
- 1Tercera persona del singular del pretérito de indicativo de ser.
- 2Tercera persona del singular del pretérito de indicativo de dir.
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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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.