waves
/weɪvz/
The verdict
“waves” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #58,204 among 230 “W” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,204
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 230
- “W” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Forma del plural de wave.
Corpus desk
Index ES-waves · waves · Spanish
waves · rank #58,204 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #58,204
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 230
- PHOTO-FINISH vuelcan
Nearest frequency peer: vuelcan (-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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “waves”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- viscoso
viscoso
41,804 corpus weight
- volvés
volvés
41,799 corpus weight
- vuelcan
vuelcan
41,798 corpus weight
- waves
waves
41,797 corpus weight
- went
went
41,795 corpus weight
- whale
whale
41,794 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “waves” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | waves |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /weɪvz/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #58,204 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “waves” en español
Rare enough to double-check
waves is uncommon Spanish at frequency #58,204 among 230 “W” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /weɪvz/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Forma del plural de wave.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for waves, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
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 waves, spelled W-A-V-E-S.
Definition
- 1Forma del plural de wave.
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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