foso

/[ˈfoso]/ noun

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#24,157

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

5

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

foso is aSpanishnoun. It means: Depresión de relativa profundidad practicada en una superficie. Pronounced [ˈfoso]. Often confused with fox and foto.

Key facts for foso
PropertyValue
Headwordfoso
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈfoso]
Letters4
Frequency rank#24,157
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for foso is 4 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈfoso]. Corpus data places it at rank #24,157 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 5 documented wrong-spelling variants for foso, with forms such as "ffoso", "foos", and "fosso". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "fox", "foto", "frío", 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 foso, spelled F-O-S-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Depresión de relativa profundidad practicada en una superficie.
  2. 2
    Zanja que complementaba a las murallas de la Edad Media para aumentar su seguridad y evitar los asedios desde el exterior.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ffoso,foos,fosso,fsoo,ofso

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for foso

Misspelling Variants of "foso"

ffoso5foos4fosso5fsoo4ofso4
Misspelling Variants of "foso"

Frequency rank: #24,157 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "foso"?
"foso" is spelled F-O-S-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈfoso].
What does "foso" mean?
As a noun, "foso" means: Depresión de relativa profundidad practicada en una superficie.
What words are commonly confused with "foso"?
"foso" is commonly confused with "fox", "foto", "frío". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "foso"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "foso" is [ˈfoso]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "foso" come from?
"foso" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Other entries that begin with the letter F in our Spanish index:

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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.