fountain
/ˈfaʊn.tɪn/
The verdict
“fountain” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #79,168 among 2,333 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,168
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 2,333
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fuente.
Corpus desk
Index ES-fountain · fountain · Spanish
fountain · rank #79,168 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #79,168
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,333
- PHOTO-FINISH foundations
Nearest frequency peer: foundations (-1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Frequency neighbourhood for “fountain”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- foreros
foreros
20,837 corpus weight
- former
former
20,835 corpus weight
- foundations
foundations
20,834 corpus weight
- fountain
fountain
20,833 corpus weight
- Frans
Frans
20,831 corpus weight
- frenillo
frenillo
20,830 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “fountain” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fountain |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈfaʊn.tɪn/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #79,168 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Dónde se sitúa “fountain” en la frecuencia del español
Rare enough to double-check
fountain is uncommon Spanish at frequency #79,168 among 2,333 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈfaʊn.tɪn/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
fountain has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is fountain, spelled F-O-U-N-T-A-I-N.
Definition
- 1Fuente.
- 2Bebedero.
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.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do you spell "fountain"?
What does "fountain" mean?
How do you pronounce "fountain"?
What language does "fountain" come from?
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "fountain", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
What to do next
You've looked up "fountain". Here's where to go from here.
- Usage frequency rank #79,168 among Spanish headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more Spanish words in the "F" letter cohort. F–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.