ves
[ˈbes]
The verdict
“ves” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #1,048) as a verb. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #1,048
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 1,793
- “V” headwords
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Segunda persona del singular (tú, vos) del presente de indicativo de ver o de verse.
Corpus desk
Index ES-ves · ves · Spanish
ves · rank #1,048 · 0 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #1,048
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,793
- PHOTO-FINISH tuve
Nearest frequency peer: tuve (-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.
Vecinos de frecuencia del confusable “ves”
Pares de peso similar en el corpus, aparte de los confusables abajo
- régimen
régimen
98,956 corpus weight
- suelo
suelo
98,955 corpus weight
- tuve
tuve
98,954 corpus weight
- ves
ves
98,953 corpus weight
- visita
visita
98,952 corpus weight
- ambiente
ambiente
98,951 corpus weight
What this shows Las barras sitúan “ves” frente a los lemas españoles más cercanos por rango, no un reprint del escritorio de confusables.
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 | ves |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈbes] |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #1,048 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Rango de corpus junto a confusables de “ves”
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for ves is neighbouring look-alikes ("vi", "vez", …), not just typos; it is averb pronounced [ˈbes]. Frequency #1,048 among 1,793 “V” headwords. 2 recorded senses keep meaning in play.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for ves, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "vi", "vez", "voy", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is ves, spelled V-E-S.
Definition
- 1Segunda persona del singular (tú, vos) del presente de indicativo de ver o de verse.
- 2Segunda persona del singular (tú) del imperativo de ir.
Synonyms
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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