país
[paˈis]
The verdict
“país” has 5 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #133. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #133
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 48,357
- “P” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Comunidad humana numerosa, organizada en un territorio, para defender su interés común frente a otras comunidades del mismo tipo.
Corpus desk
Index ES-pais · país · Spanish
país · rank #133 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #133
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 48,357
- PHOTO-FINISH gobierno
Nearest frequency peer: gobierno (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “país”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- cuenta
cuenta
99,871 corpus weight
- decir
decir
99,870 corpus weight
- gobierno
gobierno
99,869 corpus weight
- país
país
99,868 corpus weight
- soy
soy
99,867 corpus weight
- todas
todas
99,866 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “país” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | país |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [paˈis] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #133 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “país” sits in Spanish frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around país (IPA [paˈis]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #133 among 48,357 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for país, with forms such as "apís", "pasí", and "paíss". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "pi", "paz", "pie", 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 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 país, spelled P-A-Í-S.
Definition
- 1Comunidad humana numerosa, organizada en un territorio, para defender su interés común frente a otras comunidades del mismo tipo.
- 2Territorio que, generalmente, coincide con el de un pueblo o nación.
- 3Región geográficamente delimitada, de poca o mucha extensión.
- 4Comunidad humana, y territorio, que forma un subconjunto dentro de otra mayor de la que forma parte, diferenciándose por lazos históricos o étnicos.
- 5Papel, piel o tela que cubre la parte superior del varillaje del abanico.
- 6Pintura o dibujo que representa cierta extensión de terreno.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how país appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Frutos del país.
El País Vasco, País de Gales, etc.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- apís
- pasí
- paíss
- ppaís
- pías
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of país - 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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "país", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).
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.