Gades
/ˈgaː.deːs/
The verdict
“Gades” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #93,065 among 1,728 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #93,065
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 1,728
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Cádiz.
Corpus desk
Index ES-gades · Gades · Spanish
Gades · rank #93,065 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #93,065
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,728
- PHOTO-FINISH gallinazo
Nearest frequency peer: gallinazo (+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 “Gades”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- fte
fte
6,942 corpus weight
- fungicida
fungicida
6,940 corpus weight
- fustiga
fustiga
6,939 corpus weight
- Gades
Gades
6,936 corpus weight
- gallinazo
gallinazo
6,935 corpus weight
- galopa
galopa
6,934 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “Gades” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Gades |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈgaː.deːs/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #93,065 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “Gades” en español
Rare enough to double-check
Gades is uncommon Spanish at frequency #93,065 among 1,728 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈgaː.deːs/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Cádiz.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Gades, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is Gades, spelled G-A-D-E-S.
Definition
- 1Cádiz.
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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