pliegues

/[ˈpljeɣ̞es]/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#26,961

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

pliegues is aSpanishnoun. It means: Forma del plural de pliegue. Pronounced [ˈpljeɣ̞es]. Often confused with pliegos and pliegue.

Key facts for pliegues
PropertyValue
Headwordpliegues
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈpljeɣ̞es]
Letters8
Frequency rank#26,961
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for pliegues is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈpljeɣ̞es]. Corpus data places it at rank #26,961 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Forma del plural de pliegue.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for pliegues, with forms such as "lpiegues", "pilegues", and "pleigues". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "pliegos", "pliegue", 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 pliegues, spelled P-L-I-E-G-U-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 pliegue.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: lpiegues,pilegues,pleigues,pliegeus,plieggues,plieguess,plieguse,plieuges,pligeues,plliegues,ppliegues

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for pliegues

Misspelling Variants of "pliegues"

lpiegues8pilegues8pleigues8pliegeus8plieggues9plieguess9plieguse8plieuges8
Misspelling Variants of "pliegues"

Frequency rank: #26,961 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

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