formales

/[foɾˈmales]/ adj

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#9,985

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

7

similar word pairs

formales is anSpanishadj. It means: Forma del plural de formal. Pronounced [foɾˈmales]. It ranks #9,985 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with Formas and formatos.

Key facts for formales
PropertyValue
Headwordformales
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdj
IPA[foɾˈmales]
Letters8
Frequency rank#9,985
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of formales in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for formales is 8 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [foɾˈmales]. Corpus data places it at rank #9,985 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Forma del plural de formal.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for formales, with forms such as "fformales", "fomrales", and "foramles". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "Formas", "formatos", "formamos", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is formales, spelled F-O-R-M-A-L-E-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Forma del plural de formal.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: fformales,fomrales,foramles,formaels,formaless,formalles,formalse,formlaes,formmales,forrmales,fromales,ofrmales

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for formales

Misspelling Variants of "formales"

fformales9fomrales8foramles8formaels8formaless9formalles9formalse8formlaes8
Misspelling Variants of "formales"

Frequency rank: #9,985 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "formales"?
"formales" is spelled F-O-R-M-A-L-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is [foɾˈmales].
What does "formales" mean?
As an adj, "formales" means: Forma del plural de formal.
What words are commonly confused with "formales"?
"formales" is commonly confused with "Formas", "formatos", "formamos". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "formales"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "formales" is [foɾˈmales]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "formales" come from?
"formales" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.