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s

Spanish, letter

s is a Spanish letter meaning “The twentieth letter of the Spanish alphabet, written in the Latin script” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, S is a different word: “abbreviation of sur; south”. On this page, S. is a different word: “San, santo”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Vigésima letra del alfabeto español y decimosexta consonante. Su nombre es ese”.

What does s mean in English?

letter

  1. 1

    The twentieth letter of the Spanish alphabet, written in the Latin script.

suffix

as -s
  1. 1

    Used to form the regular plural of nouns and adjectives which end in vowels.

letter

as S
  1. 1

    The twentieth letter of the Spanish alphabet, called es and written in the Latin script.

noun

as S
  1. 1

    masculineabbreviation of sur; south

noun

as S.
  1. 1

    San, santo

  2. 2

    Santa

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

letter: 1. Vigésima letra del alfabeto español y decimosexta consonante. Su nombre es ese.

suffix: 1. Forma el plural regular de sustantivos y adjetivos terminados en vocal, de algunas abreviaturas y de ciertos préstamos de otras lenguas terminados en consonantes diferentes de -l, -r, -n, -d, -z, -j, -s, -x, -ch, o en grupos consonánticos (como gong → gongs).

suffix: 1. Marca la segunda persona del singular en la mayor parte de los tiempos de conjugación verbal regular (excepto en el imperativo afirmativo)..

letter: 1. Vigésima letra del alfabeto español y decimosexta consonante. Su nombre es ese.

The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.

Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of s

  • S uppercase
  • s lowercase

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to s

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is s in Spanish?

s appears 204 times per million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).