frailes

/[ˈfɾajles]/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#20,048

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

10

similar word pairs

frailes is aSpanishnoun. It means: Forma del plural de fraile. Pronounced [ˈfɾajles]. Often confused with frases and francés.

Key facts for frailes
PropertyValue
Headwordfrailes
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈfɾajles]
Letters7
Frequency rank#20,048
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for frailes is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, 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 Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for frailes, with forms such as "fariles", "ffrailes", and "fraiels". 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 10 confusable-pair relationships, "frases", "francés", "fraudes", 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 frailes, spelled F-R-A-I-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 fraile.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: fariles,ffrailes,fraiels,frailess,frailles,frailse,fralies,friales,frrailes,rfailes

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for frailes

Misspelling Variants of "frailes"

fariles7ffrailes8fraiels7frailess8frailles8frailse7fralies7friales7
Misspelling Variants of "frailes"

Frequency rank: #20,048 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "frailes"?
"frailes" is spelled F-R-A-I-L-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈfɾajles].
What does "frailes" mean?
As a noun, "frailes" means: Forma del plural de fraile.
What words are commonly confused with "frailes"?
"frailes" is commonly confused with "frases", "francés", "fraudes". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "frailes"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "frailes" is [ˈfɾajles]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "frailes" come from?
"frailes" 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.