equis
Spanish, noun/ˈekis/
equis is spelled E-Q-U-I-S (5 letters) and appears 1.5 times per million words in written Spanish, the 27,508th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Equis is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “The name of the Latin script letter X/x” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Nombre de la letra x”.
What does equis mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineThe name of the Latin script letter X/x.
adjective
- 1
Mexicomeh
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Nombre de la letra x.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce equis?
- /ˈekis/
- [ˈe.kis]
- [ˈekis]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to equis
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is equis in Spanish?
equis appears 1.5 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).