caes

/[ˈkaes]/ verb

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#12,986

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

3

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

caes is aSpanishverb. It means: Segunda persona del singular (tú) del presente de indicativo de caer o de caerse. Pronounced [ˈkaes]. Often confused with ce and che.

Key facts for caes
PropertyValue
Headwordcaes
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈkaes]
Letters4
Frequency rank#12,986
Misspellings tracked3
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for caes is 4 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈkaes]. Corpus data places it at rank #12,986 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Segunda persona del singular (tú) del presente de indicativo de caer o de caerse.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 3 documented wrong-spelling variants for caes, with forms such as "aces", "caess", and "ccaes". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ce", "che", "can", 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 caes, spelled C-A-E-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Segunda persona del singular (tú) del presente de indicativo de caer o de caerse.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: aces,caess,ccaes

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for caes

Misspelling Variants of "caes"

aces4caess5ccaes5
Misspelling Variants of "caes"

Frequency rank: #12,986 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "caes"?
"caes" is spelled C-A-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈkaes].
What does "caes" mean?
As a verb, "caes" means: Segunda persona del singular (tú) del presente de indicativo de caer o de caerse.
What words are commonly confused with "caes"?
"caes" is commonly confused with "ce", "che", "can". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "caes"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "caes" is [ˈkaes]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "caes" come from?
"caes" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Spanish words

Other entries that begin with the letter C in our Spanish index:

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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.