laves

/[ˈlaβ̞es]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#74,678

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

laves is aSpanishnoun. It means: Forma del plural de lave. Pronounced [ˈlaβ̞es].

Key facts for laves
PropertyValue
Headwordlaves
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈlaβ̞es]
Letters5
Frequency rank#74,678
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for laves is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈlaβ̞es]. Corpus data places it at rank #74,678 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 lave.".

No misspelling variants are generated for laves in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

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 laves, spelled L-A-V-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 lave.

Frequency rank: #74,678 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "laves"?
"laves" is spelled L-A-V-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈlaβ̞es].
What does "laves" mean?
As a noun, "laves" means: Forma del plural de lave.
How do you pronounce "laves"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "laves" is [ˈlaβ̞es]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "laves" come from?
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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.