few

/fju/

//fju// pron

The verdict

“few” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #52,929 among 2,333 “F” headwords), classed as a pronoun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#52,929
frequency rank, Spanish
2,333
“F” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pocos.

Corpus desk

Index ES-few · few · Spanish

few · rank #52,929 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #52,929
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,333
  • PHOTO-FINISH Felisa

Nearest frequency peer: Felisa (-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 “few”

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 “few” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for few
PropertyValue
Headwordfew
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechPronoun
IPA/fju/
Letters3
Frequency rank#52,929
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “few” en español

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

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

La escala es logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× más rara). Vecinos raros de la misma franja: “Felisa” (#52,928), “fideicomisos” (#52,930), “fingía” (#52,932). Entre 2,333 lemas con “F”, “few” va en #52,929. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

few is uncommon Spanish at frequency #52,929 among 2,333 “F” headwords, classed as apronoun, transcribed /fju/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pocos.".

Zero misspellings are on record for few in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. 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.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is few, spelled F-E-W.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pocos.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. So the last will be first, and the first last. For many are called, but few chosen.”.

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 "few"?
"few" is spelled F-E-W. The IPA pronunciation is /fju/.
What does "few" mean?
As a pronoun, "few" means: Pocos.
How do you pronounce "few"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "few" is /fju/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "few" come from?
"few" 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 "few", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list