ups
[ˈups]
The verdict
“ups” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #12,732) as an interjection. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #12,732
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 448
- “U” headwords
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Expresa que se ha cometido un error
Corpus desk
Index ES-ups · ups · Spanish
ups · rank #12,732 · 0 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #12,732
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 448
- PHOTO-FINISH unanimidad
Nearest frequency peer: unanimidad (-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 “ups”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- traigan
traigan
87,273 corpus weight
- triunfar
triunfar
87,272 corpus weight
- trágica
trágica
87,271 corpus weight
- unanimidad
unanimidad
87,270 corpus weight
- ups
ups
87,269 corpus weight
- vendieron
vendieron
87,266 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “ups” 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 | ups |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Interjection |
| IPA | [ˈups] |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #12,732 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Dónde se sitúa “ups” en la frecuencia del español
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for ups is neighbouring look-alikes ("us", "ur", …), not just typos; it is aninterjection pronounced [ˈups]. Frequency #12,732 among 448 “U” headwords. Gloss: "Expresa que se ha cometido un error".
No misspelling variants are generated for ups in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "us", "ur", "ut", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 ups, spelled U-P-S.
Definition
- 1Expresa que se ha cometido un error
Synonyms
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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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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.