single

/[ˈsĩŋgle]/ adj

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#10,761

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

11

similar word pairs

single is anSpanishadj. It means: Dícese de cualquier cabo que laborea sencillo, como la braza, el amantillo, etc. cuando uno de sus chicotes está hecho firme en el peñol de la verga. Pronounced [ˈsĩŋgle]. Often confused with singles and sing.

Key facts for single
PropertyValue
Headwordsingle
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdj
IPA[ˈsĩŋgle]
Letters6
Frequency rank#10,761
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for single is 6 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈsĩŋgle]. Corpus data places it at rank #10,761 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Dícese de cualquier cabo que laborea sencillo, como la braza, el amantillo, etc. cuando uno de sus chicotes está hecho firme en el peñol de la verga.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for single, with forms such as "cingle", "isngle", and "signle". 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 11 confusable-pair relationships, "singles", "sing", "sine", 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 single, spelled S-I-N-G-L-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Dícese de cualquier cabo que laborea sencillo, como la braza, el amantillo, etc. cuando uno de sus chicotes está hecho firme en el peñol de la verga.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: cingle,isngle,signle,singel,singgle,singlle,sinlge,sinngle,snigle,ssingle

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for single

Misspelling Variants of "single"

cingle6isngle6signle6singel6singgle7singlle7sinlge6sinngle7
Misspelling Variants of "single"

Frequency rank: #10,761 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "single"?
"single" is spelled S-I-N-G-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈsĩŋgle].
What does "single" mean?
As an adj, "single" means: Dícese de cualquier cabo que laborea sencillo, como la braza, el amantillo, etc. cuando uno de sus chicotes está hecho firme en el peñol de la verga.
What words are commonly confused with "single"?
"single" is commonly confused with "singles", "sing", "sine". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "single"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "single" is [ˈsĩŋgle]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "single" come from?
"single" 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.