class

//klɑːs// noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#22,607

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

6

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

class is aSpanishnoun. It means: Clase, categoría, nivel, cualidad. Pronounced /klɑːs/. Often confused with clay and clave.

Key facts for class
PropertyValue
Headwordclass
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/klɑːs/
Letters5
Frequency rank#22,607
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for class is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /klɑːs/. Corpus data places it at rank #22,607 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 10 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 6 documented wrong-spelling variants for class, with forms such as "calss", "cclass", and "clas". 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, "clay", "clave", "Colas", 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 class, spelled C-L-A-S-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Clase, categoría, nivel, cualidad.
  2. 2
    Clase, grupo social, casta, nivel social, en especial un nivel alto.
  3. 3
    Clase, los estudiantes de un grupo, la reunión de estudiantes.
  4. 4
    El tiempo durante el cual se imparte una lección.
  5. 5
    Clase, lección.
  6. 6
    El salón de clases.
  7. 7
    Clase, elegancia, gracia, dignidad.
  8. 8
    Clase, grupo de objetos con el mismo comportamiento y usualmente con diferente estado.
  9. 9
    Conjunto, colección.
  10. 10
    Conjunto de mediciones que caen en el intervalo especificado.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: calss,cclass,clas,cllass,clsas,lcass

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for class

Misspelling Variants of "class"

calss5cclass6clas4cllass6clsas5lcass5
Misspelling Variants of "class"

Frequency rank: #22,607 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "class"?
"class" is spelled C-L-A-S-S. The IPA pronunciation is /klɑːs/.
What does "class" mean?
As a noun, "class" means: Clase, categoría, nivel, cualidad.
What words are commonly confused with "class"?
"class" is commonly confused with "clay", "clave", "Colas". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "class"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "class" is /klɑːs/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "class" come from?
"class" 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.