ovejas
[oˈβ̞exas]
The verdict
“ovejas” has 9 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #9,010. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #9,010
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 10,276
- “O” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Forma del plural de oveja.
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 | ovejas |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [oˈβ̞exas] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #9,010 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “ovejas” sits in Spanish frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around ovejas (IPA [oˈβ̞exas]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #9,010 among 10,276 “O” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Forma del plural de oveja.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for ovejas, with forms such as "obejas", "oevjas", and "oveajs". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "oreja", "oveja", "óseas", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is ovejas, spelled O-V-E-J-A-S.
Definition
- 1Forma del plural de oveja.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: obejas,oevjas,oveajs,ovejass,ovejjas,ovejsa,ovjeas,ovvejas,voejas
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ovejas - 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 “ovejas”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is O-V-E-J-A-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [oˈβ̞exas] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “oreja” - see the side-by-side comparison. ovejas vs oreja
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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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.