kermès
/kɛʁ.mɛs/
The verdict
“kermès” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Quermes (insecto hemíptero).
Corpus desk
Index ES-kermes · kermès · Spanish
kermès · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "K" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | kermès |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /kɛʁ.mɛs/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “kermès” en español
Rare enough to double-check
kermès is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /kɛʁ.mɛs/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Quermes (insecto hemíptero).".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for kermès, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is kermès, spelled K-E-R-M-È-S.
Definition
- 1Quermes (insecto hemíptero).
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.