fuente

Name: fuente, Spanish Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

[ˈfwẽn̪t̪e]

/[ˈfwẽn̪t̪e]/ noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“fuente” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #788. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#788
frequency rank, Spanish: 2,333
“F” headwords: 8
tracked misspellings: 12
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Lugar donde sale agua de la tierra.

Corpus desk

Index ES-fuente · fuente · Spanish

fuente · rank #788 · 8 variants · 12 confusables

FREQ-CORE #788
LEN-LONG 6 letters
VOW-3 3 vowels
CONFUS-MID 12 pairs
VAR-MID 8 variants
BOOK-MID 2,333
PHOTO-FINISH finalmente

Nearest frequency peer: finalmente (-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.

espera

99,216
evitar

99,215
finalmente

99,214
fuente

99,213
hubo

99,212
jugar

99,211

What this shows “fuente” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

fuente vs fuese

67% similar

fuente vs fuere

67% similar

fuente vs funde

67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for fuente
Property	Value
Headword	fuente
Language	Spanish
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	[ˈfwẽn̪t̪e]
Letters	6
Frequency rank	#788
Misspellings tracked	8
Confusable pairs	12
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “fuente”

Esta escala corre desde el núcleo del español cotidiano (izquierda) hasta el rastro de formas rara vez usadas (derecha).fuentecae aquí:

#788

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

El eje es logarítmico: cada tick marca unas diez veces menos frecuencia. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “finalmente” (#787), “hubo” (#789), “evitar” (#786). Entre 2,333 lemas con “F”, “fuente” va en #788. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around fuente (IPA [ˈfwẽn̪t̪e]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #788 among 2,333 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for fuente, with forms such as "feunte", "ffuente", and "fuenet". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 12 confusable-pair relationships, "fuese", "fuere", "funde", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

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. The correct Spanish form is fuente, spelled F-U-E-N-T-E.

Definition

1
Lugar donde sale agua de la tierra.
2
Aparato que tiene un flujo de agua continuo y se utiliza con propositos de ornato en jardines y lugares públicos.
3
Utensilio cóncavo que se usa para contener líquidos o algunos tipos de alimentos.
4
Cantidad de alimento contenido en dicho utensilio.
5
Origen, especialmente de información.
6
Tipo de letra, un estilo, forma o modelo de tipografía.
7
Dispositivo que entrega tensión o corriente continua.

Synonyms

fuente tipográfica

This word in other languages

source(English)source(Français)Brunnen(Deutsch)fonte(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

feunte
ffuente
fuenet
fuennte
fuentte
fuetne
funete
ufente

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of fuente - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

Edit distance from "fuente"

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 "fuente"?

"fuente" is spelled F-U-E-N-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈfwẽn̪t̪e].

What does "fuente" mean?

As a noun, "fuente" means: Lugar donde sale agua de la tierra.

What words are commonly confused with "fuente"?

"fuente" is commonly confused with "fuese", "fuere", "funde". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "fuente"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "fuente" is [ˈfwẽn̪t̪e]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "fuente" come from?

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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "fuente", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

evitar#786 espera#785 juntos#791 acceso#780

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

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