simple

/[ˈsĩmple]/ adj

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#977

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

8

similar word pairs

simple is anSpanishadj. It means: Fácil de hacer o de entender. Pronounced [ˈsĩmple]. It ranks #977 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with smile and single.

Key facts for simple
PropertyValue
Headwordsimple
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdj
IPA[ˈsĩmple]
Letters6
Frequency rank#977
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for simple is 6 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈsĩmple]. Corpus data places it at rank #977 in overall Spanish word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 14 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for simple, with forms such as "cimple", "ismple", and "simlpe". 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 8 confusable-pair relationships, "smile", "single", "simula", 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 simple, spelled S-I-M-P-L-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Fácil de hacer o de entender.
  2. 2
    Básico, que no es complicado.
  3. 3
    Que consta de un sólo elemento.
  4. 4
    un verbo en tiempo simple es el que no necesita un verbo auxiliar.
  5. 5
    Desabrido, falto de sazón y de sabor.
  6. 6
    Se dice del traslado o copia de una escritura, instrumento público o cosa semejante, que se saca sin firmar ni autorizar.
  7. 7
    Cimbra, armazón sobre la cual se van colocando las dovelas de una bóveda o arco hasta dejarlos cerrados.
  8. 8
    Material cualquiera de procedencia orgánica o inorgánica que sirve por sí solo a la medicina, o que entra en la composición de un medicamento.
  9. 9
    Modelo, dechado, ejemplar.
  10. 10
    Con un simple + sustantivo: Simplemente con un...
  11. 11
    Persona de poca inteligencia.
  12. 12
    Manso, apacible e incauto.
  13. 13
    Se dice de las partes del vegetal que no están divididas o ramificadas.
  14. 14
    Se aplica a la palabra que no se compone de otras de la lengua a que ella pertenece.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: cimple,ismple,simlpe,simmple,simpel,simplle,simpple,sipmle,smiple,ssimple

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for simple

Misspelling Variants of "simple"

cimple6ismple6simlpe6simmple7simpel6simplle7simpple7sipmle6
Misspelling Variants of "simple"

Frequency rank: #977 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "simple"?
"simple" is spelled S-I-M-P-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈsĩmple].
What does "simple" mean?
As an adj, "simple" means: Fácil de hacer o de entender.
What words are commonly confused with "simple"?
"simple" is commonly confused with "smile", "single", "simula". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "simple"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "simple" is [ˈsĩmple]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "simple" come from?
"simple" 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.