vale
[ˈbale]
The verdict
“vale” has 5 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #638. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #638
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 1,793
- “V” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Documento de pago o sustitución de algo.
Corpus desk
Index ES-vale · vale · Spanish
vale · rank #638 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #638
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,793
- PHOTO-FINISH tenga
Nearest frequency peer: tenga (-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 “vale”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- resultados
resultados
99,366 corpus weight
- santa
santa
99,365 corpus weight
- tenga
tenga
99,364 corpus weight
- vale
vale
99,363 corpus weight
- acción
acción
99,362 corpus weight
- arte
arte
99,361 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “vale” 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 | vale |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈbale] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #638 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Dónde se sitúa “vale” en la frecuencia del español
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around vale (IPA [ˈbale]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #638 among 1,793 “V” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Documento de pago o sustitución de algo.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for vale, with forms such as "avle", "bale", and "vael". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ve", "van", "vas", 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, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is vale, spelled V-A-L-E.
Definition
- 1Documento de pago o sustitución de algo.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- avle
- bale
- vael
- vlae
- vvale
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of vale - 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.
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 "vale", 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 (5 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "vale". Here's where to go from here.
- "vale" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "ve". View pair
- 5 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #638 among Spanish headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more Spanish words in the "V" letter cohort. V–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.