sabes

/[ˈsaβ̞es]/ verb

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#474

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

sabes is aSpanishverb. It means: Segunda persona del singular (tú) del presente de indicativo de saber. Pronounced [ˈsaβ̞es]. It ranks #474 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with sas and ses.

Key facts for sabes
PropertyValue
Headwordsabes
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈsaβ̞es]
Letters5
Frequency rank#474
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for sabes is 5 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈsaβ̞es]. Corpus data places it at rank #474 in overall Spanish word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Segunda persona del singular (tú) del presente de indicativo de saber.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for sabes, with forms such as "asbes", "sabbes", and "sabess". 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, "sas", "ses", "sae", 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 sabes, spelled S-A-B-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 saber.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: asbes,sabbes,sabess,sabse,saebs,saves,sbaes,ssabes

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for sabes

Misspelling Variants of "sabes"

asbes5sabbes6sabess6sabse5saebs5saves5sbaes5ssabes6
Misspelling Variants of "sabes"

Frequency rank: #474 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

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