fandango
\fɑ̃.dɑ̃.ɡo\
The verdict
“fandango” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Danse espagnole, d’origine andalouse, exécutée au son de la guitare par deux hommes qui accompagnent leurs mouvements du jeu des castagnettes.
Corpus desk
Index FR-fandango · fandango · French
fandango · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | fandango |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \fɑ̃.dɑ̃.ɡo\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « fandango » en français
Rare enough to double-check
fandango is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \fɑ̃.dɑ̃.ɡo\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for fandango, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is fandango, spelled F-A-N-D-A-N-G-O.
Definition
- 1Danse espagnole, d’origine andalouse, exécutée au son de la guitare par deux hommes qui accompagnent leurs mouvements du jeu des castagnettes.
- 2Air musical qui accompagne cette danse.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how fandango appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Persuadé, d’après sa tournure, qu’elle devait danser le fandango comme un ange ou comme un démon, je résolus de débuter avec elle aux scannos del Peral. (devais corrigé en devait)
Soirée chez M. David. La femme du professeur d’histoire, qui est d’origine espagnole, esquisse un fandango assez leste, eh ! eh ! quoique revu et corrigé comme les morceaux choisis par l’archevêque de Tours.
This word in other languages
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.