Veles

Name: Veles, Spanish Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

[ˈbeles]

/[ˈbeles]/ name

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“Veles” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #85,358 among 1,793 “V” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#85,358
frequency rank, Spanish: 1,793
“V” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Apellido

Corpus desk

Index ES-veles · Veles · Spanish

Veles · rank #85,358 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

FREQ-RARE #85,358
LEN-MID 5 letters
VOW-2 2 vowels
CONFUS-0 No pairs
VAR-0 0 variants
BOOK-MID 1,793
PHOTO-FINISH veintiuna

Nearest frequency peer: veintiuna (-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.

vari

14,647
vegetativa

14,646
veintiuna

14,644
Veles

14,643
venero

14,640
viajaré

14,639

What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “Veles” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.

Key facts for Veles
Property	Value
Headword	Veles
Language	Spanish
Part of speech	Proper noun
IPA	[ˈbeles]
Letters	5
Frequency rank	#85,358
Misspellings tracked	0
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “Veles” en español

De izquierda a derecha: las pocas palabras que cargan el habla diaria, luego la cola larga casi invisible.Velescae en esta cola de rareza:

#85,358

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

La escala es logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× más rara). Vecinos raros de la misma franja: “veintiuna” (#85,357), “vegetativa” (#85,355), “venero” (#85,361). Entre 1,793 lemas con “V”, “Veles” va en #85,358. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Veles is uncommon Spanish at frequency #85,358 among 1,793 “V” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ˈbeles]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Apellido".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Veles, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

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 Veles, spelled V-E-L-E-S.

Definition

1
Apellido

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Veles"?

"Veles" is spelled V-E-L-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈbeles].

What does "Veles" mean?

As a proper noun, "Veles" means: Apellido

How do you pronounce "Veles"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Veles" is [ˈbeles]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "Veles" come from?

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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Veles", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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