fono
[ˈfono]
The verdict
“fono” has 5 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #40,847. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #40,847
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 2,333
- “F” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dispositivo de telecomunicación que recibe y transmite sonido, codificado como impulsos eléctricos, mediante un cable o una señal de radio, permitiendo así la comunicación entre ubicaciones distantes
Corpus desk
Index ES-fono · fono · Spanish
fono · rank #40,847 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #40,847
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,333
- PHOTO-FINISH folklórica
Nearest frequency peer: folklórica (-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 “fono”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- folclórica
folclórica
59,156 corpus weight
- folklórica
folklórica
59,155 corpus weight
- fono
fono
59,154 corpus weight
- fragatas
fragatas
59,153 corpus weight
- frecuentar
frecuentar
59,152 corpus weight
- fía
fía
59,151 corpus weight
What this shows “fono” 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 | fono |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈfono] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #40,847 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “fono”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around fono (IPA [ˈfono]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #40,847 among 2,333 “F” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Dispositivo de telecomunicación que recibe y transmite sonido, codificado como impulsos eléctricos, mediante un cable o una señal de radio, permitiendo así la comunicación entre ubicaciones distantes".
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for fono, with forms such as "ffono", "fnoo", and "fonno". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "for", "fox", "foto", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is fono, spelled F-O-N-O.
Definition
- 1Dispositivo de telecomunicación que recibe y transmite sonido, codificado como impulsos eléctricos, mediante un cable o una señal de radio, permitiendo así la comunicación entre ubicaciones distantes
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how fono appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le metió la papanicolau Concentra'o, en el estudio fono apaga'o Fono apaga'o, concentra'o, no contesto Sorry, haciendo pesto, no no, yo no sé del resto, no
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ffono
- fnoo
- fonno
- foon
- ofno
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of fono - 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
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).