van
[ˈbãn]
The verdict
“van” is in the everyday core of Spanish, ranked #260 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #260
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3
- letters
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Vehículo automóvil, de chasis alargado y mayor que el de un turismo, que se emplea para cargas o, a modo de un ómnibus pequeño, para pasajeros.
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 | van |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈbãn] |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #260 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “van” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for van is 3 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈbãn]. Corpus data places it at rank #260 in overall Spanish word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Vehículo automóvil, de chasis alargado y mayor que el de un turismo, que se emplea para cargas o, a modo de un ómnibus pequeño, para pasajeros.".
Zero misspellings are on record for van in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ve", "vi", "vez", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is van, spelled V-A-N.
Definition
- 1Vehículo automóvil, de chasis alargado y mayor que el de un turismo, que se emplea para cargas o, a modo de un ómnibus pequeño, para pasajeros.
This word in other languages
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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Using “van”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is V-A-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈbãn] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “ve” - see the side-by-side comparison. van vs ve
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.