siestas
[ˈsjest̪as]
The verdict
“siestas” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #48,699 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #48,699
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7
- letters
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 9
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Forma del plural de siesta.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | siestas |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈsjest̪as] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #48,699 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 9 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “siestas” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for siestas is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈsjest̪as]. Corpus data places it at rank #48,699 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 siesta.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for siestas, with forms such as "ciestas", "isestas", and "seistas". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 9 confusable-pair relationships, "sueltas", "setas", "sienta", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is siestas, spelled S-I-E-S-T-A-S.
Definition
- 1Forma del plural de siesta.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ciestas,isestas,seistas,siesats,siesstas,siestass,siestsa,siesttas,sietsas,sisetas,ssiestas
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of siestas - 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.
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.
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Using “siestas”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is S-I-E-S-T-A-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈsjest̪as] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “sueltas” - see the side-by-side comparison. siestas vs sueltas
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.