fondue

/[fõn̪ˈd̪ju]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#89,903

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

fondue is aSpanishnoun. It means: Manjar típico de la cocina suiza, en que pequeños trozos de alimento se rebañan en una caquelón de queso fundido. Pronounced [fõn̪ˈd̪ju].

Key facts for fondue
PropertyValue
Headwordfondue
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[fõn̪ˈd̪ju]
Letters6
Frequency rank#89,903
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for fondue is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [fõn̪ˈd̪ju]. Corpus data places it at rank #89,903 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No misspelling variants are generated for fondue in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns.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 fondue, spelled F-O-N-D-U-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Manjar típico de la cocina suiza, en que pequeños trozos de alimento se rebañan en una caquelón de queso fundido.
  2. 2
    Por extensión, plato similar preparado con otros materiales, como aceite para freír carnes o chocolate para rebañar fruta.

This word in other languages

Frequency rank: #89,903 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "fondue"?
"fondue" is spelled F-O-N-D-U-E. The IPA pronunciation is [fõn̪ˈd̪ju].
What does "fondue" mean?
As a noun, "fondue" means: Manjar típico de la cocina suiza, en que pequeños trozos de alimento se rebañan en una caquelón de queso fundido.
How do you pronounce "fondue"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "fondue" is [fõn̪ˈd̪ju]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "fondue" come from?
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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.