survey

//ˈsɜː.veɪ// noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#41,088

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

9

similar word pairs

survey is aSpanishnoun. It means: Un cuestionario o instrumento similar usado para examinar las opiniones de un grupo de gente, encuesta. Pronounced /ˈsɜː.veɪ/. Often confused with sure and sirve.

Key facts for survey
PropertyValue
Headwordsurvey
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈsɜː.veɪ/
Letters6
Frequency rank#41,088
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for survey is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈsɜː.veɪ/. Corpus data places it at rank #41,088 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 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 survey, with forms such as "sruvey", "ssurvey", and "surbey". 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 9 confusable-pair relationships, "sure", "sirve", "suave", 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 survey, spelled S-U-R-V-E-Y, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Un cuestionario o instrumento similar usado para examinar las opiniones de un grupo de gente, encuesta.
  2. 2
    Estudio.
  3. 3
    Inspección.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: sruvey,ssurvey,surbey,surevy,surrvey,surveyy,survvey,survye,suvrey,usrvey

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for survey

Misspelling Variants of "survey"

sruvey6ssurvey7surbey6surevy6surrvey7surveyy7survvey7survye6
Misspelling Variants of "survey"

Frequency rank: #41,088 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "survey"?
"survey" is spelled S-U-R-V-E-Y. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈsɜː.veɪ/.
What does "survey" mean?
As a noun, "survey" means: Un cuestionario o instrumento similar usado para examinar las opiniones de un grupo de gente, encuesta.
What words are commonly confused with "survey"?
"survey" is commonly confused with "sure", "sirve", "suave". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "survey"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "survey" is /ˈsɜː.veɪ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "survey" come from?
"survey" 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.