vais

/[ˈbajs]/ verb

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#7,934

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

4

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

vais is aSpanishverb. It means: Segunda persona del plural (vosotros, vosotras) del presente de indicativo de ir o de irse. Pronounced [ˈbajs]. It ranks #7,934 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with vi and van.

Key facts for vais
PropertyValue
Headwordvais
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈbajs]
Letters4
Frequency rank#7,934
Misspellings tracked4
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for vais is 4 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈbajs]. Corpus data places it at rank #7,934 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Segunda persona del plural (vosotros, vosotras) del presente de indicativo de ir o de irse.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 4 documented wrong-spelling variants for vais, with forms such as "bais", "vaiss", and "vasi". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "vi", "van", "vas", 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 vais, spelled V-A-I-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Segunda persona del plural (vosotros, vosotras) del presente de indicativo de ir o de irse.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: bais,vaiss,vasi,vvais

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for vais

Misspelling Variants of "vais"

bais4vaiss5vasi4vvais5
Misspelling Variants of "vais"

Frequency rank: #7,934 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "vais"?
"vais" is spelled V-A-I-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈbajs].
What does "vais" mean?
As a verb, "vais" means: Segunda persona del plural (vosotros, vosotras) del presente de indicativo de ir o de irse.
What words are commonly confused with "vais"?
"vais" is commonly confused with "vi", "van", "vas". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "vais"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "vais" is [ˈbajs]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "vais" come from?
"vais" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Spanish words

Other entries that begin with the letter V in our Spanish index:

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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.