families

/ˈfæm.ə.liz/

//ˈfæm.ə.liz// noun

The verdict

“families” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #74,526 among 2,333 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#74,526
frequency rank, Spanish
2,333
“F” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Forma del plural de family.

Corpus desk

Index ES-families · families · Spanish

families · rank #74,526 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #74,526
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,333
  • PHOTO-FINISH facultados

Nearest frequency peer: facultados (-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 “families”

Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “families” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for families
PropertyValue
Headwordfamilies
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈfæm.ə.liz/
Letters8
Frequency rank#74,526
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “families” en español

La frecuencia va del puñado de palabras que usamos sin parar (izquierda) a la cola larga que apenas aparece (derecha).familiescae en esta cola de rareza:

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

El eje es logarítmico: cada tick marca unas diez veces menos frecuencia. Vecinos raros de la misma franja: “facultados” (#74,525), “faringitis” (#74,527), “Fabia” (#74,524). Entre 2,333 lemas con “F”, “families” va en #74,526. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

families is uncommon Spanish at frequency #74,526 among 2,333 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈfæm.ə.liz/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Forma del plural de family.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for families, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is families, spelled F-A-M-I-L-I-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Forma del plural de family.

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 "families"?
"families" is spelled F-A-M-I-L-I-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈfæm.ə.liz/.
What does "families" mean?
As a noun, "families" means: Forma del plural de family.
How do you pronounce "families"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "families" is /ˈfæm.ə.liz/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "families" come from?
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list