fractal
Spanish, noun/fɾaɡˈtal/
fractal is spelled F-R-A-C-T-A-L (7 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish, the 58,329th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fractal is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “fractal” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Un fractal es un objeto geométrico cuya estructura básica se repite en diferentes escalas. El término fue…”.
What does fractal mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinefractal
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinefractal
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Un fractal es un objeto geométrico cuya estructura básica se repite en diferentes escalas. El término fue propuesto por Benoît Mandelbrot en 1975. En muchos casos los fractales pueden ser generados por un proceso recursivo o iterativo capaz de producir estructuras autosimilares independientemente de la escala específica. Los fractales son estructuras geométricas que combinan irregularidad y estruc
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of fractal
- fractales plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce fractal?
- /fɾaɡˈtal/
- [fɾaɣ̞ˈt̪al]
- [fɾakˈt̪al]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to fractal
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is fractal in Spanish?
fractal appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).