Francisco

/[fɾãnˈsisko]/ name

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#895

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

15

tracked variants

Confusables

5

similar word pairs

Francisco is aSpanishname. It means: Nombre de pila de varón. Pronounced [fɾãnˈsisko]. It ranks #895 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with Francesc and Francisca.

Key facts for Francisco
PropertyValue
HeadwordFrancisco
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechName
IPA[fɾãnˈsisko]
Letters9
Frequency rank#895
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for Francisco is 9 letters long, classified as aname, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [fɾãnˈsisko]. Corpus data places it at rank #895 in overall Spanish word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Nombre de pila de varón.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 15 documented wrong-spelling variants for Francisco, with forms such as "farncisco", "ffrancisco", and "fracnisco". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "Francesc", "Francisca", "Francesca", 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 Francisco, spelled F-R-A-N-C-I-S-C-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nombre de pila de varón.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: farncisco,ffrancisco,fracnisco,franccisco,francicso,franciscco,francisoc,francissco,francsico,franicsco,franncisco,fransisco,frnacisco,frrancisco,rfancisco

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Francisco

Misspelling Variants of "Francisco"

farncisco9ffrancisco10fracnisco9franccisco10francicso9franciscco10francisoc9francissco10
Misspelling Variants of "Francisco"

Frequency rank: #895 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Francisco"?
"Francisco" is spelled F-R-A-N-C-I-S-C-O. The IPA pronunciation is [fɾãnˈsisko].
What does "Francisco" mean?
As a name, "Francisco" means: Nombre de pila de varón.
What words are commonly confused with "Francisco"?
"Francisco" is commonly confused with "Francesc", "Francisca", "Francesca". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Francisco"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Francisco" is [fɾãnˈsisko]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Francisco" come from?
"Francisco" 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.