fufú
[fuˈfu]
The verdict
“fufú” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 4
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Alimento de origen africano, hehco con plátanos y otros tubérculos con alto contenido de almidón como el ñame.
Corpus desk
Index ES-fufu · fufú · Spanish
fufú · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | fufú |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [fuˈfu] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “fufú” en español
Rare enough to double-check
fufú is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [fuˈfu]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for fufú in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is fufú, spelled F-U-F-Ú.
Definition
- 1Alimento de origen africano, hehco con plátanos y otros tubérculos con alto contenido de almidón como el ñame.
- 2Plato hehco a base de una pasta con plátano.
- 3Juguete de fabricación casera construido al tomar algún material en forma de disco (mayormente una tapa de refresco aplanada) al cual se le hacen dos agujeros, uno al lado de otro y separados a cierta distancia, ubicados en el centro del disco.
- 4Mal de ojo
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.