frailes
[ˈfɾajles]
The verdict
“frailes” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #20,048 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #20,048
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 10
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Forma del plural de fraile.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | frailes |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈfɾajles] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #20,048 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 10 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “frailes” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for frailes is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈfɾajles]. Corpus data places it at rank #20,048 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Forma del plural de fraile.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for frailes, with forms such as "fariles", "ffrailes", and "fraiels". 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 10 confusable-pair relationships, "frases", "francés", "fraudes", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is frailes, spelled F-R-A-I-L-E-S.
Definition
- 1Forma del plural de fraile.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: fariles,ffrailes,fraiels,frailess,frailles,frailse,fralies,friales,frrailes,rfailes
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of frailes - 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.
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.
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Using “frailes”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is F-R-A-I-L-E-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈfɾajles] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “frases” - see the side-by-side comparison. frailes vs frases
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.