leyes

/[ˈleʝes]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#878

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

leyes is aSpanishnoun. It means: Forma del plural de ley. Pronounced [ˈleʝes]. It ranks #878 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with leyó and lies.

Key facts for leyes
PropertyValue
Headwordleyes
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈleʝes]
Letters5
Frequency rank#878
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for leyes is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈleʝes]. Corpus data places it at rank #878 in overall Spanish word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Forma del plural de ley.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for leyes, with forms such as "elyes", "leeys", and "leyess". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "leyó", "lies", "lunes", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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 leyes, spelled L-E-Y-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 ley.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: elyes,leeys,leyess,leyse,leyyes,lleyes,lyees

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for leyes

Misspelling Variants of "leyes"

elyes5leeys5leyess6leyse5leyyes6lleyes6lyees5
Misspelling Variants of "leyes"

Frequency rank: #878 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "leyes"?
"leyes" is spelled L-E-Y-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈleʝes].
What does "leyes" mean?
As a noun, "leyes" means: Forma del plural de ley.
What words are commonly confused with "leyes"?
"leyes" is commonly confused with "leyó", "lies", "lunes". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "leyes"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "leyes" is [ˈleʝes]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "leyes" come from?
"leyes" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Spanish words

Other entries that begin with the letter L in our Spanish index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.