blues
[ˈblus]
The verdict
“blues” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #12,981. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #12,981
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 2,459
- “B” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Estilo musical vocal e instrumental, basado en la utilización de notas de baja altura y de un patrón repetitivo, que suele seguir una estructura de doce compases. En Estados Unidos se desarrolló en...
Corpus desk
Index ES-blues · blues · Spanish
blues · rank #12,981 · 8 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #12,981
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,459
- PHOTO-FINISH bendiciones
Nearest frequency peer: bendiciones (-1 rank slots)
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.
Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “blues”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- autoritario
autoritario
87,023 corpus weight
- ayudaría
ayudaría
87,022 corpus weight
- bendiciones
bendiciones
87,021 corpus weight
- blues
blues
87,020 corpus weight
- bolívares
bolívares
87,019 corpus weight
- bond
bond
87,018 corpus weight
What this shows “blues” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.
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 | blues |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈblus] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #12,981 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “blues”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around blues (IPA [ˈblus]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #12,981 among 2,459 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Estilo musical vocal e instrumental, basado en la utilización de notas de baja altura y de un patrón repetitivo, que suele seguir una estructura de doce compases. En Estados Unidos se desarrolló en...".
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for blues, with forms such as "bblues", "bleus", and "bllues". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "bus", "bue", "buen", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is blues, spelled B-L-U-E-S.
Definition
- 1Estilo musical vocal e instrumental, basado en la utilización de notas de baja altura y de un patrón repetitivo, que suele seguir una estructura de doce compases. En Estados Unidos se desarrolló en el folklore de las comunidades afroamericanas.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- bblues
- bleus
- bllues
- bluess
- bluse
- bules
- lbues
- vlues
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of blues - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).