fufú
[fuˈfu]
The verdict
“fufú” is outside the top-ranked Spanish vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 4
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Alimento de origen africano, hehco con plátanos y otros tubérculos con alto contenido de almidón como el ñame.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fufú |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [fuˈfu] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “fufú” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for fufú is 4 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [fuˈfu]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No misspelling variants are generated for fufú in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
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 fufú, spelled F-U-F-Ú, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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.
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Using “fufú”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is F-U-F-Ú - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [fuˈfu] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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