survey

/ˈsɜː.veɪ/

//ˈsɜː.veɪ// noun

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The verdict

“survey” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #41,088. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#41,088
frequency rank, Spanish
4,169
“S” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
9
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Un cuestionario o instrumento similar usado para examinar las opiniones de un grupo de gente, encuesta.

Corpus desk

Index ES-survey · survey · Spanish

survey · rank #41,088 · 10 variants · 9 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #41,088
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,169
  • PHOTO-FINISH suplicando

Nearest frequency peer: suplicando (-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.

Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “survey”

Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino

corpus weight

What this shows “survey” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

survey vs sure
67% similar
survey vs sirve
67% similar
survey vs suave
67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

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)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “survey”

Esta escala corre desde el núcleo del español cotidiano (izquierda) hasta el rastro de formas rara vez usadas (derecha).surveycae aquí:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

La escala es logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× más rara). En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “suplicando” (#41,087), “suscriptor” (#41,089), “supervisando” (#41,086). Entre 4,169 lemas con “S”, “survey” va en #41,088. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around survey (IPA /ˈsɜː.veɪ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #41,088 among 4,169 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for survey, with forms such as "sruvey", "ssurvey", and "surbey". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 9 confusable-pair relationships, "sure", "sirve", "suave", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is survey, spelled S-U-R-V-E-Y.

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

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of survey - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

sruvey2ssurvey1surbey1surevy2surrvey1surveyy1survvey1survye2
Edit distance from "survey"

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.

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's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "survey", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

stands#41,082sonría#41,080soldar#41,078vastos#41,121

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

Taboada10 variantssonaron10 variantstrajera10 variantsurinario10 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list