laves
[ˈlaβ̞es]
The verdict
“laves” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #74,678 among 17,327 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,678
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 17,327
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Forma del plural de lave.
Corpus desk
Index ES-laves · laves · Spanish
laves · rank #74,678 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #74,678
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 17,327
- PHOTO-FINISH Lauri
Nearest frequency peer: Lauri (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “laves”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- lato
lato
25,325 corpus weight
- Lauri
Lauri
25,324 corpus weight
- laves
laves
25,323 corpus weight
- leporino
leporino
25,320 corpus weight
- leur
leur
25,319 corpus weight
- leéis
leéis
25,318 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “laves” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | laves |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈlaβ̞es] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #74,678 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “laves” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
laves is uncommon Spanish at frequency #74,678 among 17,327 “L” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈlaβ̞es]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Forma del plural de lave.".
No misspelling variants are generated for laves in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is laves, spelled L-A-V-E-S.
Definition
- 1Forma del plural de lave.
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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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.