Países Bajos
[paˈises ˈβ̞axos]
The verdict
“Países Bajos” is outside the top-ranked Spanish vocabulary, used as a proper noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - País europeo, sobre la costa occidental del continente, de régimen monárquico y miembro de la Unión Europea. Limita con Alemania y Bélgica.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Países Bajos |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [paˈises ˈβ̞axos] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Países Bajos” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for Países Bajos is 12 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [paˈises ˈβ̞axos]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "País europeo, sobre la costa occidental del continente, de régimen monárquico y miembro de la Unión Europea. Limita con Alemania y Bélgica.".
No misspelling variants are generated for Países Bajos in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is Países Bajos, spelled P-A-Í-S-E-S- -B-A-J-O-S.
Definition
- 1País europeo, sobre la costa occidental del continente, de régimen monárquico y miembro de la Unión Europea. Limita con Alemania y Bélgica.
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Países Bajos”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is P-A-Í-S-E-S- -B-A-J-O-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [paˈises ˈβ̞axos] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.