shows

//ʃəʊz// noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#11,135

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

17

similar word pairs

shows is aSpanishnoun. It means: Forma del plural de show ('espectáculos'). Pronounced /ʃəʊz/. Often confused with sos and sois.

Key facts for shows
PropertyValue
Headwordshows
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ʃəʊz/
Letters5
Frequency rank#11,135
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs17
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for shows is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ʃəʊz/. Corpus data places it at rank #11,135 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Forma del plural de show ('espectáculos').".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for shows, with forms such as "hsows", "shhows", and "shosw". 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 17 confusable-pair relationships, "sos", "sois", "snow", 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 shows, spelled S-H-O-W-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Forma del plural de show ('espectáculos').

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: hsows,shhows,shosw,showss,showws,shwos,sohws,sshows

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for shows

Misspelling Variants of "shows"

hsows5shhows6shosw5showss6showws6shwos5sohws5sshows6
Misspelling Variants of "shows"

Frequency rank: #11,135 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "shows"?
"shows" is spelled S-H-O-W-S. The IPA pronunciation is /ʃəʊz/.
What does "shows" mean?
As a noun, "shows" means: Forma del plural de show ('espectáculos').
What words are commonly confused with "shows"?
"shows" is commonly confused with "sos", "sois", "snow". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "shows"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "shows" is /ʃəʊz/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "shows" come from?
"shows" 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.