lays
/leɪz/
The verdict
“lays” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #85,007 among 2,069 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #85,007
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 2,069
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Forma del plural de lay
Corpus desk
Index ES-lays · lays · Spanish
lays · rank #85,007 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #85,007
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,069
- PHOTO-FINISH lamp
Nearest frequency peer: lamp (-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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “lays”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- laburan
laburan
14,999 corpus weight
- laburante
laburante
14,998 corpus weight
- lamp
lamp
14,996 corpus weight
- lays
lays
14,994 corpus weight
- libanesas
libanesas
14,991 corpus weight
- linchado
linchado
14,987 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “lays” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | lays |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /leɪz/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #85,007 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “lays” en español
Rare enough to double-check
lays is uncommon Spanish at frequency #85,007 among 2,069 “L” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /leɪz/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Forma del plural de lay".
No misspelling variants are generated for lays in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is lays, spelled L-A-Y-S.
Definition
- 1Forma del plural de lay
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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