ríes

/[ˈries]/ verb

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#26,609

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

5

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

ríes is aSpanishverb. It means: Segunda persona del singular (tú) del presente de indicativo de reír o de reírse. Pronounced [ˈries]. Often confused with río and RIP.

Key facts for ríes
PropertyValue
Headwordríes
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈries]
Letters4
Frequency rank#26,609
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for ríes is 4 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈries]. Corpus data places it at rank #26,609 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 indicativo de reír o de reírse.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 5 documented wrong-spelling variants for ríes, with forms such as "reís", "rríes", and "ríess". 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, "río", "RIP", "ros", 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 ríes, spelled R-Í-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 indicativo de reír o de reírse.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: reís,rríes,ríess,ríse,íres

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for ríes

Misspelling Variants of "ríes"

reís4rríes5ríess5ríse4íres4
Misspelling Variants of "ríes"

Frequency rank: #26,609 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "ríes"?
"ríes" is spelled R-Í-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈries].
What does "ríes" mean?
As a verb, "ríes" means: Segunda persona del singular (tú) del presente de indicativo de reír o de reírse.
What words are commonly confused with "ríes"?
"ríes" is commonly confused with "río", "RIP", "ros". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "ríes"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ríes" is [ˈries]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ríes" come from?
"ríes" 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.