cries
[ˈkɾjes]
The verdict
“cries” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #77,119 among 8,288 “C” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #77,119
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8,288
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Segunda persona del singular (vos) del presente de subjuntivo de criar o de criarse.
Corpus desk
Index ES-cries · cries · Spanish
cries · rank #77,119 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #77,119
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,288
- PHOTO-FINISH cripto
Nearest frequency peer: cripto (+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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “cries”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- cremita
cremita
22,886 corpus weight
- Cretáceo
Cretáceo
22,884 corpus weight
- cries
cries
22,882 corpus weight
- cripto
cripto
22,881 corpus weight
- croqueta
croqueta
22,878 corpus weight
- cruzaría
cruzaría
22,877 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “cries” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cries |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈkɾjes] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #77,119 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “cries” en español
Rare enough to double-check
cries is uncommon Spanish at frequency #77,119 among 8,288 “C” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈkɾjes]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Segunda persona del singular (vos) del presente de subjuntivo de criar o de criarse.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for cries, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is cries, spelled C-R-I-E-S.
Definition
- 1Segunda persona del singular (vos) del presente de subjuntivo de criar o de criarse.
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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