fotocopia

/[fot̪oˈkopja]/ noun

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#25,280

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

1

similar word pairs

fotocopia is aSpanishnoun. It means: Reproducción fotográfica sobre papel de una imagen o documento, por lo general usando una máquina fotocopiadora. Pronounced [fot̪oˈkopja]. Often confused with fotocopias.

Key facts for fotocopia
PropertyValue
Headwordfotocopia
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[fot̪oˈkopja]
Letters9
Frequency rank#25,280
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for fotocopia is 9 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [fot̪oˈkopja]. Corpus data places it at rank #25,280 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 generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for fotocopia, with forms such as "ffotocopia", "footcopia", and "fotcoopia". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "fotocopias", 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 fotocopia, spelled F-O-T-O-C-O-P-I-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Reproducción fotográfica sobre papel de una imagen o documento, por lo general usando una máquina fotocopiadora.
  2. 2
    Acción o efecto de fotocopiar.

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ffotocopia,footcopia,fotcoopia,fotoccopia,fotocoipa,fotocopai,fotocoppia,fotocpoia,fotoocpia,fottocopia,ftoocopia,oftocopia

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for fotocopia

Misspelling Variants of "fotocopia"

ffotocopia10footcopia9fotcoopia9fotoccopia10fotocoipa9fotocopai9fotocoppia10fotocpoia9
Misspelling Variants of "fotocopia"

Frequency rank: #25,280 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "fotocopia"?
"fotocopia" is spelled F-O-T-O-C-O-P-I-A. The IPA pronunciation is [fot̪oˈkopja].
What does "fotocopia" mean?
As a noun, "fotocopia" means: Reproducción fotográfica sobre papel de una imagen o documento, por lo general usando una máquina fotocopiadora.
What words are commonly confused with "fotocopia"?
"fotocopia" is commonly confused with "fotocopias". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "fotocopia"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "fotocopia" is [fot̪oˈkopja]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "fotocopia" come from?
"fotocopia" 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. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.