nubes
[ˈnuβ̞es]
The verdict
“nubes” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #5,021. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #5,021
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 1,151
- “N” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 19
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Forma del plural de nube.
Corpus desk
Index ES-nubes · nubes · Spanish
nubes · rank #5,021 · 8 variants · 19 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #5,021
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 19 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,151
- PHOTO-FINISH Oaxaca
Nearest frequency peer: Oaxaca (+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 “nubes”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- mini
mini
94,984 corpus weight
- mundiales
mundiales
94,983 corpus weight
- nubes
nubes
94,980 corpus weight
- Oaxaca
Oaxaca
94,979 corpus weight
- ocultar
ocultar
94,978 corpus weight
- oscura
oscura
94,977 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “nubes” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | nubes |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈnuβ̞es] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #5,021 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 19 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Dónde se sitúa “nubes” en la frecuencia del español
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around nubes (IPA [ˈnuβ̞es]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #5,021 among 1,151 “N” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Forma del plural de nube.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for nubes, with forms such as "nbues", "nnubes", and "nubbes". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 19 confusable-pair relationships, "nue", "nuez", "nude", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is nubes, spelled N-U-B-E-S.
Definition
- 1Forma del plural de nube.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- nbues
- nnubes
- nubbes
- nubess
- nubse
- nuebs
- nuves
- unbes
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of nubes - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "nubes", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "nubes". Here's where to go from here.
- "nubes" maps to 19 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "nue". View pair
- 8 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #5,021 among Spanish headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more Spanish words in the "N" letter cohort. N–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.