sales

[ˈsales]

/[ˈsales]/ noun

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The verdict

“sales” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #5,254. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#5,254
frequency rank, Spanish
4,169
“S” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mezcla de diversos compuestos salinos.

Corpus desk

Index ES-sales · sales · Spanish

sales · rank #5,254 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #5,254
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,169
  • PHOTO-FINISH sabiduría

Nearest frequency peer: sabiduría (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “sales”

Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino

corpus weight

What this shows “sales” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

sales vs sas
60% similar
sales vs ses
60% similar
sales vs salí
60% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for sales
PropertyValue
Headwordsales
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈsales]
Letters5
Frequency rank#5,254
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “sales”

De izquierda a derecha: las pocas palabras que cargan el habla diaria, luego la cola larga casi invisible.salescae aquí:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

El eje es logarítmico: cada tick marca unas diez veces menos frecuencia. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “sabiduría” (#5,253), “retrato” (#5,252), “Scott” (#5,256). Entre 4,169 lemas con “S”, “sales” va en #5,254. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around sales (IPA [ˈsales]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #5,254 among 4,169 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for sales, with forms such as "asles", "saels", and "saless". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "sas", "ses", "salí", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is sales, spelled S-A-L-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Mezcla de diversos compuestos salinos.
  2. 2
    Sustancia química que se usa para reanimar a las personas desmayadas.
  3. 3
    Sustancia que se disuelve en el agua de una bañera para perfumarla.

Synonyms

sales de baño

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • asles
  • saels
  • saless
  • salles
  • salse
  • slaes
  • ssales

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sales - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

asles2saels2saless1salles1salse2slaes2ssales1
Edit distance from "sales"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "sales"?
"sales" is spelled S-A-L-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈsales].
What does "sales" mean?
As a noun, "sales" means: Mezcla de diversos compuestos salinos.
What words are commonly confused with "sales"?
"sales" is commonly confused with "sas", "ses", "salí". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "sales"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sales" is [ˈsales]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sales" come from?
"sales" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "sales", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Scott#5,256sepas#5,257ramas#5,248tiros#5,264

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

trama7 variantsnotar7 variantscapas7 variantshorror7 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list