Fortaleza
[foɾt̪aˈlesa]
The verdict
“Fortaleza” is a regularly-used Spanish word, ranked #4,080 in Spanish word frequency and used as a proper noun.
- #4,080
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 9
- letters
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - es una ciudad capital del Estado de Ceará Brasil
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 | Fortaleza |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [foɾt̪aˈlesa] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #4,080 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Fortaleza” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for Fortaleza is 9 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [foɾt̪aˈlesa]. Corpus data places it at rank #4,080 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "es una ciudad capital del Estado de Ceará Brasil".
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for Fortaleza, with forms such as "ffortaleza", "foratleza", and "forrtaleza". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "fortalezas", "fortalezca", "fortalece", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is Fortaleza, spelled F-O-R-T-A-L-E-Z-A.
Definition
- 1es una ciudad capital del Estado de Ceará Brasil
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ffortaleza,foratleza,forrtaleza,fortaelza,fortaleaz,fortalezza,fortalleza,fortalzea,fortlaeza,forttaleza,fotraleza,frotaleza,ofrtaleza
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Fortaleza - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Using “Fortaleza”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is F-O-R-T-A-L-E-Z-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [foɾt̪aˈlesa] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “fortalezas” - see the side-by-side comparison. Fortaleza vs fortalezas
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.