envés

[ẽmˈbes]

/[ẽmˈbes]/ noun

The verdict

“envés” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #48,379. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#48,379
frequency rank, Spanish
5,243
“E” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Cara más basta de una tela u otro material en lámina.

Corpus desk

Index ES-enves · envés · Spanish

envés · rank #48,379 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #48,379
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,243
  • PHOTO-FINISH equilibrados

Nearest frequency peer: equilibrados (+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 “envés”

Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino

corpus weight

What this shows “envés” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

envés vs Eve
20% similar
envés vs eres
40% similar
envés vs ever
40% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for envés
PropertyValue
Headwordenvés
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ẽmˈbes]
Letters5
Frequency rank#48,379
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “envés”

De izquierda a derecha: las pocas palabras que cargan el habla diaria, luego la cola larga casi invisible.envéscae aquí:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Los ticks avanzan en logaritmo; cada uno es del orden de diez veces más raro. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “equilibrados” (#48,380), “ensayado” (#48,377), “escarbar” (#48,381). Entre 5,243 lemas con “E”, “envés” va en #48,379. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around envés (IPA [ẽmˈbes]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #48,379 among 5,243 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for envés, with forms such as "enbés", "ennvés", and "envsé". 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, "Eve", "eres", "ever", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is envés, spelled E-N-V-É-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Cara más basta de una tela u otro material en lámina.
  2. 2
    Por extensión, cara basal de las hojas.
  3. 3
    Parte posterior del torso y el abdomen, entre la nuca y las nalgas.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how envés appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Lo que sienpre fue y es es fuerça que sienpre sea; mas de faz que tiene envés, ni de ropa del reués, ningúnd onbre se prouea.
  2. Por servilletas tornan las faldas del sayo y anchura de los calzones; y por manteles el envés de una pobre capa vieja, raída y más llena de animales, que la sábana que vio San Pedro en Damasco.

Synonyms

Antonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • enbés
  • ennvés
  • envsé
  • envvés
  • envéss
  • enévs
  • evnés
  • nevés

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of envés - 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.

enbés1ennvés1envsé2envvés1envéss1enévs2evnés2nevés2
Edit distance from "envés"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "envés"?
"envés" is spelled E-N-V-É-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ẽmˈbes].
What does "envés" mean?
As a noun, "envés" means: Cara más basta de una tela u otro material en lámina.
What words are commonly confused with "envés"?
"envés" is commonly confused with "Eve", "eres", "ever". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "envés"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "envés" is [ẽmˈbes]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "envés" come from?
"envés" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "envés", not the corpus desk frequency band.

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).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list