oops
[ʊps, ups]
The verdict
“oops” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #37,238 in Spanish word frequency and used as an interjection.
- #37,238
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4
- letters
- 4
- tracked misspellings
- 13
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Uy, ups (interjección que denota un error imprevisto).
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 | oops |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Interjection |
| IPA | [ʊps, ups] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #37,238 |
| Misspellings tracked | 4 |
| Confusable pairs | 13 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “oops” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for oops is 4 letters long, classified as an interjection, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ʊps, ups]. Corpus data places it at rank #37,238 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Uy, ups (interjección que denota un error imprevisto).".
Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for oops, with forms such as "oopps", "oopss", and "oosp". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 13 confusable-pair relationships, "os", "ops", "opa", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is oops, spelled O-O-P-S.
Definition
- 1Uy, ups (interjección que denota un error imprevisto).
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: oopps,oopss,oosp,opos
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of oops - 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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Using “oops”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is O-O-P-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ʊps, ups] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “os” - see the side-by-side comparison. oops vs os
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.