issue

/i.sy/

//i.sy// noun

The verdict

“issue” sits in 3 confusable pairs (corpus #47,892) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#47,892
frequency rank, Spanish
3,428
“I” headwords
4
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Salida de un lugar o de un conflicto.

Corpus desk

Index ES-issue · issue · Spanish

issue · rank #47,892 · 4 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #47,892
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-LOW 4 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,428
  • PHOTO-FINISH jalapa

Nearest frequency peer: jalapa (+2 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.

Vecinos de frecuencia del confusable “issue”

Pares de peso similar en el corpus, aparte de los confusables abajo

corpus weight

What this shows Las barras sitúan “issue” frente a los lemas españoles más cercanos por rango, no un reprint del escritorio de confusables.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

issue vs issues
83% similar
issue vs irse
60% similar
issue vs ISSN
0% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for issue
PropertyValue
Headwordissue
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/i.sy/
Letters5
Frequency rank#47,892
Misspellings tracked4
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Rango de corpus junto a confusables de “issue”

Esta escala corre desde el núcleo del español cotidiano (izquierda) hasta el rastro de formas rara vez usadas (derecha).issuecae aquí:

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

Los ticks avanzan en logaritmo; cada uno es del orden de diez veces más raro. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “jalapa” (#47,894), “interponga” (#47,889), “interpelación” (#47,888). Entre 3,428 lemas con “I”, “issue” va en #47,892. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for issue is neighbouring look-alikes ("issues", "irse", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced /i.sy/. Frequency #47,892 among 3,428 “I” headwords. 2 recorded senses keep meaning in play.

Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for issue, with forms such as "isseu", "isue", and "isuse". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "issues", "irse", "ISSN", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is issue, spelled I-S-S-U-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Salida de un lugar o de un conflicto.
  2. 2
    Final de algo.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • isseu
  • isue
  • isuse
  • sisue

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of issue - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

isseu2isue1isuse2sisue2
Edit distance from "issue"

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 "issue"?
"issue" is spelled I-S-S-U-E. The IPA pronunciation is /i.sy/.
What does "issue" mean?
As a noun, "issue" means: Salida de un lugar o de un conflicto.
What words are commonly confused with "issue"?
"issue" is commonly confused with "issues", "irse", "ISSN". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "issue"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "issue" is /i.sy/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "issue" come from?
"issue" 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 "issue", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list