padres

/[ˈpað̞ɾes]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#615

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

padres is aSpanishnoun. It means: Padre y madre de un ser vivo. Pronounced [ˈpað̞ɾes]. It ranks #615 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with pare and pars.

Key facts for padres
PropertyValue
Headwordpadres
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈpað̞ɾes]
Letters6
Frequency rank#615
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for padres is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈpað̞ɾes]. Corpus data places it at rank #615 in overall Spanish word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Padre y madre de un ser vivo.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for padres, with forms such as "apdres", "paddres", and "paders". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "pare", "pars", "París", 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 padres, spelled P-A-D-R-E-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Padre y madre de un ser vivo.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: apdres,paddres,paders,padress,padrres,padrse,pardes,pdares,ppadres

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for padres

Misspelling Variants of "padres"

apdres6paddres7paders6padress7padrres7padrse6pardes6pdares6
Misspelling Variants of "padres"

Frequency rank: #615 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "padres"?
"padres" is spelled P-A-D-R-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈpað̞ɾes].
What does "padres" mean?
As a noun, "padres" means: Padre y madre de un ser vivo.
What words are commonly confused with "padres"?
"padres" is commonly confused with "pare", "pars", "París". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "padres"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "padres" is [ˈpað̞ɾes]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "padres" come from?
"padres" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Spanish words

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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.