fomentar
[fomẽn̪ˈt̪aɾ]
The verdict
“fomentar” has 12 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #4,899. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #4,899
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 2,333
- “F” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Promover activamente el desarrollo de algo; impulsar, estimular, o incitar su crecimiento.
Corpus desk
Index ES-fomentar · fomentar · Spanish
fomentar · rank #4,899 · 12 variants · 5 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #4,899
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,333
- PHOTO-FINISH flota
Nearest frequency peer: flota (-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.
Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “fomentar”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- favorita
favorita
95,105 corpus weight
- filas
filas
95,104 corpus weight
- flota
flota
95,103 corpus weight
- fomentar
fomentar
95,102 corpus weight
- frecuente
frecuente
95,101 corpus weight
- frecuenteme…
frecuentemente
95,100 corpus weight
What this shows “fomentar” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fomentar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [fomẽn̪ˈt̪aɾ] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #4,899 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “fomentar”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around fomentar (IPA [fomẽn̪ˈt̪aɾ]), averb. Corpus frequency is #4,899 among 2,333 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for fomentar, with forms such as "ffomentar", "fmoentar", and "foemntar". 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 also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "fomento", "fomenten", "fomenta", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is fomentar, spelled F-O-M-E-N-T-A-R.
Definition
- 1Promover activamente el desarrollo de algo; impulsar, estimular, o incitar su crecimiento.
- 2Aplicar un emplasto, generalmente acompañado de calor.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ffomentar
- fmoentar
- foemntar
- fomenatr
- fomenntar
- fomentarr
- fomentra
- fomenttar
- fometnar
- fommentar
- fomnetar
- ofmentar
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of fomentar - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "fomentar", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).