fricativo
[fɾikaˈt̪iβ̞o]
The verdict
“fricativo” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Caracterizado por el sonido de la fricción del flujo de aire cuando es forzado a pasar por el tracto vocal parcialmente cerrado.
Corpus desk
Index ES-fricativo · fricativo · Spanish
fricativo · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "F" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fricativo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [fɾikaˈt̪iβ̞o] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “fricativo” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
fricativo is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [fɾikaˈt̪iβ̞o]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Caracterizado por el sonido de la fricción del flujo de aire cuando es forzado a pasar por el tracto vocal parcialmente cerrado.".
Zero misspellings are on record for fricativo in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is fricativo, spelled F-R-I-C-A-T-I-V-O.
Definition
- 1Caracterizado por el sonido de la fricción del flujo de aire cuando es forzado a pasar por el tracto vocal parcialmente cerrado.
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