spanish
Span·ish/ˈspæn.ɪʃ/verb
spanish is spelled S-P-A-N-I-S-H, 2 syllables: Span·ish. The wrong spelling people search most is spainish: about 220 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 1 in 82 of all searches for the word. Spanish is a verb meaning “To subject to spanishing, a printing process in which an ink is deposited on the bottoms and sides of…”.
How many letters and syllables are in spanish?
| Letters | 7: S-P-A-N-I-S-H |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: Span·ish |
| In writing | 54 times per million words; the 1,899th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 1; the most searched, spainish, about 220 Bing searches a month (all of them) |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026).
How do you spell spanish?
Spanish is spelled S-P-A-N-I-S-H. One wrong spelling is searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 1 in 82 of the searches for spanish in either form.
Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026). Wrong spellings are taken from Wiktionary entries tagged "misspelling" and its obsolete or nonstandard forms, Wikipedia's Lists of common misspellings and the codespell dictionary, then measured. The proofreader's marks show the change that corrects each one.
How common is spanish?
Spanish appears 54 times per million words in written English, the 1,899th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce spanish?
- /ˈspæn.ɪʃ/
Spanish has 2 syllables, split Span·ish in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-Spanish.ogg, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Wodencafe-spanish.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of spanish
- spanishes present, singular, he/she/it
- spanishing participle, present
- spanished participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does spanish mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
To subject to spanishing, a printing process in which an ink is deposited on the bottoms and sides of depressions formed in a plastic material
adjective
- 1
Of or pertaining to Spain.
Spanish borders
- 2
Of or pertaining to the people or culture of Spain.
Spanish cuisines
- 3
Of or pertaining to the Spanish language.
Spanish verbs
- 4
CanadaUSinformalnonstandardOf or pertaining to Hispanic people or their culture.
noun
- 1
The people of Spain, collectively; Spaniards.
- 2
Spanish cuisine; traditional Spanish food.
- 3
USinformalnonstandardPeople of Hispanic origin; one whose first language is Spanish.
- 4
UKobsoleteslangMoney.
- 5
colloquialLicorice.
- 6
A mixture of ash and cinders added to bricks before firing them, to cause ignition and reduce fuel usage.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Spanish in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | espagnol |
| German | spanisch , Spanier |
| Portuguese | espanhol , espanhóis , hispânico , castelhano |
| Spanish | español, españolete , españoles, españoletes , castellano , hispano |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.