fondear
[fõn̪d̪eˈaɾ]
The verdict
“fondear” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #71,947 among 2,333 “F” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #71,947
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 2,333
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Asegurar una embarcación o cualquier otra nave, por medio de anclas que se agarran al fondo de las aguas.
Corpus desk
Index ES-fondear · fondear · Spanish
fondear · rank #71,947 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #71,947
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,333
- PHOTO-FINISH fomentaron
Nearest frequency peer: fomentaron (-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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “fondear”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- Florián
Florián
28,058 corpus weight
- focalizado
focalizado
28,056 corpus weight
- fomentaron
fomentaron
28,055 corpus weight
- fondear
fondear
28,054 corpus weight
- fools
fools
28,053 corpus weight
- fragmenta
fragmenta
28,052 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “fondear” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fondear |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [fõn̪d̪eˈaɾ] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #71,947 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “fondear” en español
Rare enough to double-check
fondear is uncommon Spanish at frequency #71,947 among 2,333 “F” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [fõn̪d̪eˈaɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for fondear in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 fondear, spelled F-O-N-D-E-A-R.
Definition
- 1Asegurar una embarcación o cualquier otra nave, por medio de anclas que se agarran al fondo de las aguas.
- 2Caer en un sueño profundo, por fatiga o ebriedad.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how fondear appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Al sexto día de navegación llegamos a Yarmouth Roads. … Tuvimos que fondear allí mientras el viento soplaba al contrario, …".
This word in other languages
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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