funcionar

/[fũnsjoˈnaɾ]/ verb

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#3,412

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

14

tracked variants

Confusables

15

similar word pairs

funcionar is aSpanishverb. It means: Realizar la o las funciones para lo que una labor o un mecanismo fue concebido. Pronounced [fũnsjoˈnaɾ]. It ranks #3,412 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with funcione and funciono.

Key facts for funcionar
PropertyValue
Headwordfuncionar
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[fũnsjoˈnaɾ]
Letters9
Frequency rank#3,412
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs15
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of funcionar in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for funcionar is 9 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [fũnsjoˈnaɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #3,412 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 14 documented wrong-spelling variants for funcionar, with forms such as "ffuncionar", "fnucionar", and "fucnionar". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 15 confusable-pair relationships, "funcione", "funciono", "fusionar", 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 funcionar, spelled F-U-N-C-I-O-N-A-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Realizar la o las funciones para lo que una labor o un mecanismo fue concebido.
  2. 2
    Marchar bien, cumplir con éxito una función.
  3. 3
    Cumplir con lo que se espera de un asunto.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ffuncionar,fnucionar,fucnionar,funccionar,funcinoar,funcioanr,funcionarr,funcionnar,funcionra,funcoinar,funiconar,funncionar,funsionar,ufncionar

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for funcionar

Misspelling Variants of "funcionar"

ffuncionar10fnucionar9fucnionar9funccionar10funcinoar9funcioanr9funcionarr10funcionnar10
Misspelling Variants of "funcionar"

Frequency rank: #3,412 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "funcionar"?
"funcionar" is spelled F-U-N-C-I-O-N-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is [fũnsjoˈnaɾ].
What does "funcionar" mean?
As a verb, "funcionar" means: Realizar la o las funciones para lo que una labor o un mecanismo fue concebido.
What words are commonly confused with "funcionar"?
"funcionar" is commonly confused with "funcione", "funciono", "fusionar". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "funcionar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "funcionar" is [fũnsjoˈnaɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "funcionar" come from?
"funcionar" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.