food

/fuːd/

//fuːd// noun

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The verdict

“food” has 5 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #14,365. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#14,365
frequency rank, Spanish
2,333
“F” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Comida, alimento.

Corpus desk

Index ES-food · food · Spanish

food · rank #14,365 · 5 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #14,365
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,333
  • PHOTO-FINISH flaca

Nearest frequency peer: flaca (-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 “food”

Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino

corpus weight

What this shows “food” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

food vs for
50% similar
food vs fox
50% similar
food vs foto
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for food
PropertyValue
Headwordfood
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/fuːd/
Letters4
Frequency rank#14,365
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “food”

De izquierda a derecha: las pocas palabras que cargan el habla diaria, luego la cola larga casi invisible.foodcae aquí:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

El eje es logarítmico: cada tick marca unas diez veces menos frecuencia. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “flaca” (#14,364), “Frasco” (#14,366), “finalizado” (#14,363). Entre 2,333 lemas con “F”, “food” va en #14,365. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around food (IPA /fuːd/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #14,365 among 2,333 “F” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Comida, alimento.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for food, with forms such as "ffood", "fod", and "fodo". 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.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is food, spelled F-O-O-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    Comida, alimento.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how food appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. But solid food belongs to those who are of full age, that is, those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ffood
  • fod
  • fodo
  • foodd
  • ofod

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of food - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

ffood1fod1fodo2foodd1ofod2
Edit distance from "food"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "food"?
"food" is spelled F-O-O-D. The IPA pronunciation is /fuːd/.
What does "food" mean?
As a noun, "food" means: Comida, alimento.
What words are commonly confused with "food"?
"food" is commonly confused with "for", "fox", "foto". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "food"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "food" is /fuːd/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "food" come from?
"food" is a Spanish word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "food", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

fuck#14,367gene#14,371Goya#14,373jura#14,389

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).

mozo5 variantsmusa5 variantsrace5 variantsande5 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list