fortuna

/[foɾˈt̪una]/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#3,705

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

6

similar word pairs

fortuna is aSpanishnoun. It means: Causa fortuita o de origen indeterminado de cualquier hecho. Pronounced [foɾˈt̪una]. It ranks #3,705 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with fortune and fortunas.

Key facts for fortuna
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Headwordfortuna
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[foɾˈt̪una]
Letters7
Frequency rank#3,705
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of fortuna in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for fortuna is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [foɾˈt̪una]. Corpus data places it at rank #3,705 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for fortuna, with forms such as "ffortuna", "forrtuna", and "fortnua". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "fortune", "fortunas", "Fortunato", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is fortuna, spelled F-O-R-T-U-N-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Causa fortuita o de origen indeterminado de cualquier hecho.
  2. 2
    Causa fortuita o de origen indeterminado de un hecho favorable.
  3. 3
    Riqueza material que posee una persona, bienes o caudal acumulados.
  4. 4
    Aprobación, aceptación que recibe un hecho o cosa.
  5. 5
    Meteoro marino o terrestre de viento y lluvia.
  6. 6
    Causa fortuita o de origen indeterminado de un hecho desfavorable.
  7. 7
    Gran cantidad de dinero.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ffortuna,forrtuna,fortnua,forttuna,fortuan,fortunna,forutna,fotruna,frotuna,ofrtuna

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for fortuna

Misspelling Variants of "fortuna"

ffortuna8forrtuna8fortnua7forttuna8fortuan7fortunna8forutna7fotruna7
Misspelling Variants of "fortuna"

Frequency rank: #3,705 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "fortuna"?
"fortuna" is spelled F-O-R-T-U-N-A. The IPA pronunciation is [foɾˈt̪una].
What does "fortuna" mean?
As a noun, "fortuna" means: Causa fortuita o de origen indeterminado de cualquier hecho.
What words are commonly confused with "fortuna"?
"fortuna" is commonly confused with "fortune", "fortunas", "Fortunato". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "fortuna"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "fortuna" is [foɾˈt̪una]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "fortuna" come from?
"fortuna" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.