formol
[foɾˈmol]
The verdict
“formol” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #66,957 among 18,759 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,957
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 18,759
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Disolución acuosa al ~40% de formaldehído. Se usa como desinfectante.
Corpus desk
Index ES-formol · formol · Spanish
formol · rank #66,957 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #66,957
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 18,759
- PHOTO-FINISH fortuita
Nearest frequency peer: fortuita (+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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “formol”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- fogosa
fogosa
33,048 corpus weight
- foi
foi
33,047 corpus weight
- follo
follo
33,046 corpus weight
- formol
formol
33,044 corpus weight
- fortuita
fortuita
33,043 corpus weight
- franciscanas
franciscanas
33,041 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “formol” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | formol |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [foɾˈmol] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #66,957 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “formol” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
formol is uncommon Spanish at frequency #66,957 among 18,759 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [foɾˈmol]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Disolución acuosa al ~40% de formaldehído. Se usa como desinfectante.".
No misspelling variants are generated for formol in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
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 formol, spelled F-O-R-M-O-L.
Definition
- 1Disolución acuosa al ~40% de formaldehído. Se usa como desinfectante.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.