oui
[wi]
The verdict
“oui” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #69,655 among 1,467 “O” headwords), classed as an interjection. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,655
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 1,467
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Afirmativo, así es, bien, ciertamente, correcto, de acuerdo, desde luego, por supuesto, sí, simón, sincho, síp, sipi, sin duda.
Corpus desk
Index ES-oui · oui · Spanish
oui · rank #69,655 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,655
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,467
- PHOTO-FINISH osan
Nearest frequency peer: osan (-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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “oui”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- Olite
Olite
30,352 corpus weight
- originarse
originarse
30,348 corpus weight
- osan
osan
30,347 corpus weight
- oui
oui
30,346 corpus weight
- padezcan
padezcan
30,344 corpus weight
- pasaríamos
pasaríamos
30,340 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “oui” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | oui |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Interjection |
| IPA | [wi] |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #69,655 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “oui” en español
Rare enough to double-check
oui is uncommon Spanish at frequency #69,655 among 1,467 “O” headwords, classed as aninterjection, transcribed [wi]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
oui has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is oui, spelled O-U-I.
Definition
- 1Afirmativo, así es, bien, ciertamente, correcto, de acuerdo, desde luego, por supuesto, sí, simón, sincho, síp, sipi, sin duda.
- 2Ciertamente o en verdad (contra preguntas negativas).
- 3¿Sí?
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how oui appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Avez-vous fait cela ? — Oui. Cela est-il vrai ? — Oui, certes. On l’obligera de répondre par oui ou par non. Je crois que oui. Dire oui. Répondre que oui. Il ne dit ni oui ni non. Oui, oui, je le ferai. Je suis content, oui, très content d’avoir fait cela pour lui.
Monsieur Caisse ! — Oui ?
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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