says

//sɛz// verb

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#46,209

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

6

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

says is aSpanishverb. It means: Presente para la tercera personal del singular del verbo say (decir). Pronounced /sɛz/. Often confused with sy and sus.

Key facts for says
PropertyValue
Headwordsays
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA/sɛz/
Letters4
Frequency rank#46,209
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for says is 4 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /sɛz/. Corpus data places it at rank #46,209 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Presente para la tercera personal del singular del verbo say (decir).".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 6 documented wrong-spelling variants for says, with forms such as "asys", "sasy", and "sayss". 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, "sy", "sus", "soy", 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 says, spelled S-A-Y-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Presente para la tercera personal del singular del verbo say (decir).

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: asys,sasy,sayss,sayys,ssays,syas

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for says

Misspelling Variants of "says"

asys4sasy4sayss5sayys5ssays5syas4
Misspelling Variants of "says"

Frequency rank: #46,209 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "says"?
"says" is spelled S-A-Y-S. The IPA pronunciation is /sɛz/.
What does "says" mean?
As a verb, "says" means: Presente para la tercera personal del singular del verbo say (decir).
What words are commonly confused with "says"?
"says" is commonly confused with "sy", "sus", "soy". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "says"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "says" is /sɛz/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "says" come from?
"says" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Spanish words

Other entries that begin with the letter S in our Spanish index:

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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.