tres
[ˈt̪ɾes]
The verdict
“tres” has 6 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #155. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #155
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3,005
- “T” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dos y uno.
Corpus desk
Index ES-tres · tres · Spanish
tres · rank #155 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #155
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,005
- PHOTO-FINISH toda
Nearest frequency peer: toda (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “tres”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- dice
dice
99,849 corpus weight
- toda
toda
99,847 corpus weight
- tres
tres
99,846 corpus weight
- voy
voy
99,845 corpus weight
- caso
caso
99,844 corpus weight
- días
días
99,843 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “tres” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | tres |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈt̪ɾes] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #155 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Dónde se sitúa “tres” en la frecuencia del español
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around tres (IPA [ˈt̪ɾes]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #155 among 3,005 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for tres, with forms such as "rtes", "ters", and "tress". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "tus", "tri", "try", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 tres, spelled T-R-E-S.
Definition
- 1Dos y uno.
- 2Que ocupa el tercer lugar en una serie.
- 3Que está tres₁ veces.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how tres appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
El capítulo número tres.
Vinieron los tres hermanos.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- rtes
- ters
- tress
- trres
- trse
- ttres
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of tres - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "tres", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "tres". Here's where to go from here.
- "tres" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "tus". View pair
- 6 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #155 among Spanish headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more Spanish words in the "T" letter cohort. T–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.