webs

//wɛbz// noun

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#11,693

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

18

similar word pairs

webs is aSpanishnoun. It means: Forma del plural de web. Pronounced /wɛbz/. Often confused with wey and wee.

Key facts for webs
PropertyValue
Headwordwebs
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/wɛbz/
Letters4
Frequency rank#11,693
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs18
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of webs in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for webs is 4 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /wɛbz/. Corpus data places it at rank #11,693 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Forma del plural de web.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for webs, with forms such as "ewbs", "wbes", and "webbs". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 18 confusable-pair relationships, "wey", "wee", "west", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is webs, spelled W-E-B-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Forma del plural de web.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ewbs,wbes,webbs,webss,wesb,wevs,wwebs

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for webs

Misspelling Variants of "webs"

ewbs4wbes4webbs5webss5wesb4wevs4wwebs5
Misspelling Variants of "webs"

Frequency rank: #11,693 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "webs"?
"webs" is spelled W-E-B-S. The IPA pronunciation is /wɛbz/.
What does "webs" mean?
As a noun, "webs" means: Forma del plural de web.
What words are commonly confused with "webs"?
"webs" is commonly confused with "wey", "wee", "west". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "webs"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "webs" is /wɛbz/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "webs" come from?
"webs" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.