fonema
[foˈnema]
The verdict
“fonema” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #56,344 among 2,333 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #56,344
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 2,333
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Unidad mínima de sonido que es percibida como distintiva por los hablantes de una lengua.
Corpus desk
Index ES-fonema · fonema · Spanish
fonema · rank #56,344 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #56,344
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,333
- PHOTO-FINISH following
Nearest frequency peer: following (-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 “fonema”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- flasheo
flasheo
43,661 corpus weight
- flexibilizar
flexibilizar
43,660 corpus weight
- following
following
43,658 corpus weight
- fonema
fonema
43,657 corpus weight
- fornido
fornido
43,655 corpus weight
- foránea
foránea
43,654 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “fonema” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fonema |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [foˈnema] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #56,344 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “fonema” en español
Rare enough to double-check
fonema is uncommon Spanish at frequency #56,344 among 2,333 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [foˈnema]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Unidad mínima de sonido que es percibida como distintiva por los hablantes de una lengua.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for fonema, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is fonema, spelled F-O-N-E-M-A.
Definition
- 1Unidad mínima de sonido que es percibida como distintiva por los hablantes de una lengua.
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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