función
Letters
7 characters
Frequency Rank
#1,196
in Spanish word usage
Misspellings
11
tracked variants
Confusables
14
similar word pairs
función is aSpanishnoun. It means: Propósito de algo, uso de algo. Pronounced [fũnˈsjõn]. It ranks #1,196 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with fusión and fundió.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | función |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [fũnˈsjõn] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #1,196 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 14 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency rank visualization
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for función is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [fũnˈsjõn]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,196 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for función, with forms such as "ffunción", "fnución", and "fucnión". 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 14 confusable-pair relationships, "fusión", "fundió", "funciona", 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 función, spelled F-U-N-C-I-Ó-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1Propósito de algo, uso de algo.
- 2Puesto de trabajo profesional u oficional.
- 3Regla o ley que asocia a cada uno de los elementos de un conjunto llamado dominio uno y solo un elemento de otro conjunto llamado codominio.
- 4Fiesta patronal de un pueblo.
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ffunción,fnución,fucnión,funcción,funcinó,funciónn,funcóin,funicón,funnción,funsión,ufnción
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
Relative frequency of common misspelling types for función
Misspelling Variants of "función"
Frequency rank: #1,196 in Spanish
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Nearby Spanish words
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