llaves

/[ˈʝaβ̞es]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#6,324

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

16

similar word pairs

llaves is aSpanishnoun. It means: Forma del plural de llave. Pronounced [ˈʝaβ̞es]. It ranks #6,324 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with lleve and llevas.

Key facts for llaves
PropertyValue
Headwordllaves
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈʝaβ̞es]
Letters6
Frequency rank#6,324
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs16
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for llaves is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈʝaβ̞es]. Corpus data places it at rank #6,324 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Forma del plural de llave.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for llaves, with forms such as "lalves", "laves", and "llabes". 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 16 confusable-pair relationships, "lleve", "llevas", "lleven", 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 llaves, spelled L-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 llave.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: lalves,laves,llabes,llaevs,llavess,llavse,llavves,llvaes

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for llaves

Misspelling Variants of "llaves"

lalves6laves5llabes6llaevs6llavess7llavse6llavves7llvaes6
Misspelling Variants of "llaves"

Frequency rank: #6,324 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

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