fosfato

/[fosˈfat̪o]/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#33,135

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

fosfato is aSpanishnoun. It means: Sal o ester del ácido fosfórico. Tienen en común un átomo de fósforo rodeado por cuatro átomos de oxígeno en forma tetraédrica. Pronounced [fosˈfat̪o]. Often confused with fósforo and formato.

Key facts for fosfato
PropertyValue
Headwordfosfato
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[fosˈfat̪o]
Letters7
Frequency rank#33,135
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for fosfato is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [fosˈfat̪o]. Corpus data places it at rank #33,135 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Sal o ester del ácido fosfórico. Tienen en común un átomo de fósforo rodeado por cuatro átomos de oxígeno en forma tetraédrica.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for fosfato, with forms such as "ffosfato", "fofsato", and "fosafto". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "fósforo", "formato", 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 fosfato, spelled F-O-S-F-A-T-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Sal o ester del ácido fosfórico. Tienen en común un átomo de fósforo rodeado por cuatro átomos de oxígeno en forma tetraédrica.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ffosfato,fofsato,fosafto,fosfaot,fosfatto,fosffato,fosftao,fossfato,fsofato,ofsfato

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for fosfato

Misspelling Variants of "fosfato"

ffosfato8fofsato7fosafto7fosfaot7fosfatto8fosffato8fosftao7fossfato8
Misspelling Variants of "fosfato"

Frequency rank: #33,135 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "fosfato"?
"fosfato" is spelled F-O-S-F-A-T-O. The IPA pronunciation is [fosˈfat̪o].
What does "fosfato" mean?
As a noun, "fosfato" means: Sal o ester del ácido fosfórico. Tienen en común un átomo de fósforo rodeado por cuatro átomos de oxígeno en forma tetraédrica.
What words are commonly confused with "fosfato"?
"fosfato" is commonly confused with "fósforo", "formato". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "fosfato"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "fosfato" is [fosˈfat̪o]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "fosfato" come from?
"fosfato" 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.