vos
[ˈbos]
The verdict
“vos” is in the everyday core of Spanish, ranked #493 in Spanish word frequency and used as a pronoun.
- #493
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3
- letters
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Pronombre personal formal y hoy arcaico de la segunda persona del singular y del plural; el paradigma verbal está plenamente asimilado al de vosotros.
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 | vos |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Pronoun |
| IPA | [ˈbos] |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #493 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “vos” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for vos is 3 letters long, classified as a pronoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈbos]. Corpus data places it at rank #493 in overall Spanish word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No misspelling variants are generated for vos in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "voy", "voz", "vox", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is vos, spelled V-O-S.
Definition
- 1Pronombre personal formal y hoy arcaico de la segunda persona del singular y del plural; el paradigma verbal está plenamente asimilado al de vosotros.
- 2Pronombre personal familiar de la segunda persona del singular en caso nominativo y preposicional.
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 “vos”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is V-O-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈbos] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “voy” - see the side-by-side comparison. vos vs voy
- 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.