obvias

/[ˈoβ̞bjas]/ verb

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#16,398

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

6

similar word pairs

obvias is aSpanishverb. It means: Segunda persona del singular (tú) del presente de indicativo de obviar. Pronounced [ˈoβ̞bjas]. Often confused with obvio and obvios.

Key facts for obvias
PropertyValue
Headwordobvias
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈoβ̞bjas]
Letters6
Frequency rank#16,398
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for obvias is 6 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈoβ̞bjas]. Corpus data places it at rank #16,398 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Segunda persona del singular (tú) del presente de indicativo de obviar.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for obvias, with forms such as "bovias", "obbias", and "obbvias". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "obvio", "obvios", "ostias", 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 obvias, spelled O-B-V-I-A-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Segunda persona del singular (tú) del presente de indicativo de obviar.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: bovias,obbias,obbvias,obivas,obvais,obviass,obvisa,obvvias,ovbias,ovvias

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for obvias

Misspelling Variants of "obvias"

bovias6obbias6obbvias7obivas6obvais6obviass7obvisa6obvvias7
Misspelling Variants of "obvias"

Frequency rank: #16,398 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "obvias"?
"obvias" is spelled O-B-V-I-A-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈoβ̞bjas].
What does "obvias" mean?
As a verb, "obvias" means: Segunda persona del singular (tú) del presente de indicativo de obviar.
What words are commonly confused with "obvias"?
"obvias" is commonly confused with "obvio", "obvios", "ostias". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "obvias"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "obvias" is [ˈoβ̞bjas]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "obvias" come from?
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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.