please

//pliːz// adv

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#14,428

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

12

similar word pairs

please is anSpanishadv. It means: Por favor. Pronounced /pliːz/. Often confused with plebe and plenas.

Key facts for please
PropertyValue
Headwordplease
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdv
IPA/pliːz/
Letters6
Frequency rank#14,428
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs12
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for please is 6 letters long, classified as anadv, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /pliːz/. Corpus data places it at rank #14,428 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Por favor.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for please, with forms such as "lpease", "pelase", and "plaese". 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 12 confusable-pair relationships, "plebe", "plenas", "pase", 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 please, spelled P-L-E-A-S-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Por favor.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: lpease,pelase,plaese,pleace,pleaes,pleasse,plesae,pllease,pplease

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for please

Misspelling Variants of "please"

lpease6pelase6plaese6pleace6pleaes6pleasse7plesae6pllease7
Misspelling Variants of "please"

Frequency rank: #14,428 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "please"?
"please" is spelled P-L-E-A-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is /pliːz/.
What does "please" mean?
As an adv, "please" means: Por favor.
What words are commonly confused with "please"?
"please" is commonly confused with "plebe", "plenas", "pase". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "please"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "please" is /pliːz/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "please" come from?
"please" 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.