fracaso

/[fɾaˈkaso]/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#2,832

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

7

similar word pairs

fracaso is aSpanishnoun. It means: Situación en la que no se obtienen los resultados deseados y esperados. Pronounced [fɾaˈkaso]. It ranks #2,832 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with francas and fracasos.

Key facts for fracaso
PropertyValue
Headwordfracaso
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[fɾaˈkaso]
Letters7
Frequency rank#2,832
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for fracaso is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [fɾaˈkaso]. Corpus data places it at rank #2,832 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for fracaso, with forms such as "farcaso", "ffracaso", and "fraacso". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "francas", "fracasos", "flacas", 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 fracaso, spelled F-R-A-C-A-S-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Situación en la que no se obtienen los resultados deseados y esperados.
  2. 2
    Suceso negativo e inopinado.
  3. 3
    Destrucción o caída ruidosa.
  4. 4
    Repentina disfunción orgánica.

Antonyms

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: farcaso,ffracaso,fraacso,fracaos,fracasso,fraccaso,fracsao,frcaaso,frracaso,rfacaso

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for fracaso

Misspelling Variants of "fracaso"

farcaso7ffracaso8fraacso7fracaos7fracasso8fraccaso8fracsao7frcaaso7
Misspelling Variants of "fracaso"

Frequency rank: #2,832 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "fracaso"?
"fracaso" is spelled F-R-A-C-A-S-O. The IPA pronunciation is [fɾaˈkaso].
What does "fracaso" mean?
As a noun, "fracaso" means: Situación en la que no se obtienen los resultados deseados y esperados.
What words are commonly confused with "fracaso"?
"fracaso" is commonly confused with "francas", "fracasos", "flacas". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "fracaso"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "fracaso" is [fɾaˈkaso]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "fracaso" come from?
"fracaso" 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.