six
[ˈsɪks]
The verdict
“six” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #20,832) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #20,832
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,169
- “S” headwords
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Palabra clave radiofónica del ICAO y NATO para la cifra 6.
Corpus desk
Index ES-six · six · Spanish
six · rank #20,832 · 0 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #20,832
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,169
- PHOTO-FINISH sinvergüenza
Nearest frequency peer: sinvergüenza (-1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Vecinos de frecuencia del confusable “six”
Pares de peso similar en el corpus, aparte de los confusables abajo
- siervo
siervo
79,172 corpus weight
- simposio
simposio
79,171 corpus weight
- sinvergüenza
sinvergüenza
79,170 corpus weight
- six
six
79,169 corpus weight
- snow
snow
79,168 corpus weight
- solemos
solemos
79,167 corpus weight
What this shows Las barras sitúan “six” frente a los lemas españoles más cercanos por rango, no un reprint del escritorio de confusables.
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 | six |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈsɪks] |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #20,832 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Rango de corpus junto a confusables de “six”
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for six is neighbouring look-alikes ("su", "so", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced [ˈsɪks]. Frequency #20,832 among 4,169 “S” headwords. Gloss: "Palabra clave radiofónica del ICAO y NATO para la cifra 6.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for six, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "su", "so", "st", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is six, spelled S-I-X.
Definition
- 1Palabra clave radiofónica del ICAO y NATO para la cifra 6.
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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