modales

/[moˈð̞ales]/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#15,166

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

12

similar word pairs

modales is aSpanishnoun. It means: Acciones externas de cada persona, con que se hace reparar y se singulariza entre las demás, dando a conocer su buena o mala educación. Antes era sustantivo ambiguo. Pronounced [moˈð̞ales]. Often confused with modas and Moles.

Key facts for modales
PropertyValue
Headwordmodales
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[moˈð̞ales]
Letters7
Frequency rank#15,166
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs12
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for modales is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [moˈð̞ales]. Corpus data places it at rank #15,166 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Acciones externas de cada persona, con que se hace reparar y se singulariza entre las demás, dando a conocer su buena o mala educación. Antes era sustantivo ambiguo.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for modales, with forms such as "mdoales", "mmodales", and "moadles". 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 12 confusable-pair relationships, "modas", "Moles", "modelos", 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 modales, spelled M-O-D-A-L-E-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Acciones externas de cada persona, con que se hace reparar y se singulariza entre las demás, dando a conocer su buena o mala educación. Antes era sustantivo ambiguo.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: mdoales,mmodales,moadles,modaels,modaless,modalles,modalse,moddales,modlaes,omdales

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for modales

Misspelling Variants of "modales"

mdoales7mmodales8moadles7modaels7modaless8modalles8modalse7moddales8
Misspelling Variants of "modales"

Frequency rank: #15,166 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "modales"?
"modales" is spelled M-O-D-A-L-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is [moˈð̞ales].
What does "modales" mean?
As a noun, "modales" means: Acciones externas de cada persona, con que se hace reparar y se singulariza entre las demás, dando a conocer su buena o mala educación. Antes era sustantivo ambiguo.
What words are commonly confused with "modales"?
"modales" is commonly confused with "modas", "Moles", "modelos". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "modales"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "modales" is [moˈð̞ales]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "modales" come from?
"modales" 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.