pires

/[ˈpiɾes]/ verb

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#47,328

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

pires is aSpanishverb. It means: Segunda persona del singular (tú) del presente de subjuntivo de pirar o de pirarse. Pronounced [ˈpiɾes]. Often confused with pis and pues.

Key facts for pires
PropertyValue
Headwordpires
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈpiɾes]
Letters5
Frequency rank#47,328
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for pires is 5 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈpiɾes]. Corpus data places it at rank #47,328 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Segunda persona del singular (tú) del presente de subjuntivo de pirar o de pirarse.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for pires, with forms such as "ipres", "piers", and "piress". 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, "pis", "pues", "pros", 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 pires, spelled P-I-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
    Segunda persona del singular (tú) del presente de subjuntivo de pirar o de pirarse.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ipres,piers,piress,pirres,pirse,ppires,pries

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for pires

Misspelling Variants of "pires"

ipres5piers5piress6pirres6pirse5ppires6pries5
Misspelling Variants of "pires"

Frequency rank: #47,328 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "pires"?
"pires" is spelled P-I-R-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈpiɾes].
What does "pires" mean?
As a verb, "pires" means: Segunda persona del singular (tú) del presente de subjuntivo de pirar o de pirarse.
What words are commonly confused with "pires"?
"pires" is commonly confused with "pis", "pues", "pros". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "pires"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pires" is [ˈpiɾes]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pires" come from?
"pires" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.