ace
[ˈase]
The verdict
“ace” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #16,245 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #16,245
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3
- letters
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - En el tenis y otros deportes similares, y en el vóley, tanto que se gana con el saque y sin que el rival pueda tocar la pelota.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ace |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈase] |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #16,245 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “ace” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for ace is 3 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈase]. Corpus data places it at rank #16,245 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "En el tenis y otros deportes similares, y en el vóley, tanto que se gana con el saque y sin que el rival pueda tocar la pelota.".
Zero misspellings are on record for ace in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "al", "ah", "ay", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is ace, spelled A-C-E.
Definition
- 1En el tenis y otros deportes similares, y en el vóley, tanto que se gana con el saque y sin que el rival pueda tocar la pelota.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “ace”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is A-C-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈase] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “al” - see the side-by-side comparison. ace vs al
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.