fosfato
[fosˈfat̪o]
The verdict
“fosfato” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #33,135 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #33,135
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Sal o ester del ácido fosfórico. Tienen en común un átomo de fósforo rodeado por cuatro átomos de oxígeno en forma tetraédrica.
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 | fosfato |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [fosˈfat̪o] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #33,135 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “fosfato” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for fosfato is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, 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 generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for fosfato, with forms such as "ffosfato", "fofsato", and "fosafto". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, 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.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is fosfato, spelled F-O-S-F-A-T-O.
Definition
- 1Sal o ester del ácido fosfórico. Tienen en común un átomo de fósforo rodeado por cuatro átomos de oxígeno en forma tetraédrica.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ffosfato,fofsato,fosafto,fosfaot,fosfatto,fosffato,fosftao,fossfato,fsofato,ofsfato
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of fosfato - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “fosfato”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is F-O-S-F-A-T-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [fosˈfat̪o] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “fósforo” - see the side-by-side comparison. fosfato vs fósforo
- 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.