peces

/[ˈpeses]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#4,364

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

peces is aSpanishnoun. It means: Forma del plural de pez. Pronounced [ˈpeses]. It ranks #4,364 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with pes and pues.

Key facts for peces
PropertyValue
Headwordpeces
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈpeses]
Letters5
Frequency rank#4,364
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for peces is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈpeses]. Corpus data places it at rank #4,364 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Forma del plural de pez.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for peces, with forms such as "epces", "pcees", and "pecces". 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, "pes", "pues", "pies", 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 peces, spelled P-E-C-E-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Forma del plural de pez.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: epces,pcees,pecces,pecess,pecse,peecs,peses,ppeces

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for peces

Misspelling Variants of "peces"

epces5pcees5pecces6pecess6pecse5peecs5peses5ppeces6
Misspelling Variants of "peces"

Frequency rank: #4,364 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "peces"?
"peces" is spelled P-E-C-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈpeses].
What does "peces" mean?
As a noun, "peces" means: Forma del plural de pez.
What words are commonly confused with "peces"?
"peces" is commonly confused with "pes", "pues", "pies". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "peces"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "peces" is [ˈpeses]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "peces" come from?
"peces" 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

Other entries that begin with the letter P in our Spanish index:

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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.