spies
/spaɪz/
The verdict
“spies” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #97,891 among 4,169 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,891
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,169
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Forma del plural de spy.
Corpus desk
Index ES-spies · spies · Spanish
spies · rank #97,891 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #97,891
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,169
- PHOTO-FINISH stare
Nearest frequency peer: stare (+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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “spies”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- sombreados
sombreados
2,115 corpus weight
- sopetón
sopetón
2,114 corpus weight
- sopeña
sopeña
2,113 corpus weight
- spies
spies
2,110 corpus weight
- stare
stare
2,109 corpus weight
- subacuática
subacuática
2,105 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “spies” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | spies |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /spaɪz/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #97,891 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “spies” en español
Rare enough to double-check
spies is uncommon Spanish at frequency #97,891 among 4,169 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /spaɪz/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Forma del plural de spy.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for spies, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is spies, spelled S-P-I-E-S.
Definition
- 1Forma del plural de spy.
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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