vou
[ˈbow]
The verdict
“vou” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #99,091 among 12,062 “V” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #99,091
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 12,062
- “V” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Primera persona del singular (eu) del presente de indicativo de ir.
Corpus desk
Index ES-vou · vou · Spanish
vou · rank #99,091 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #99,091
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 12,062
- PHOTO-FINISH volquete
Nearest frequency peer: volquete (-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 “vou”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- violaste
violaste
919 corpus weight
- vipers
vipers
918 corpus weight
- volquete
volquete
911 corpus weight
- vou
vou
910 corpus weight
- vuelcos
vuelcos
908 corpus weight
- wachos
wachos
905 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “vou” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | vou |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈbow] |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #99,091 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “vou” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
vou is uncommon Spanish at frequency #99,091 among 12,062 “V” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈbow]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Primera persona del singular (eu) del presente de indicativo de ir.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for vou, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is vou, spelled V-O-U.
Definition
- 1Primera persona del singular (eu) del presente de indicativo de ir.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "vou", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.