wish

//wɪʃ// verb

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#31,601

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

6

tracked variants

Confusables

16

similar word pairs

wish is aSpanishverb. It means: Desear, desear que, querer. Pronounced /wɪʃ/. Often confused with with and was.

Key facts for wish
PropertyValue
Headwordwish
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA/wɪʃ/
Letters4
Frequency rank#31,601
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs16
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for wish is 4 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /wɪʃ/. Corpus data places it at rank #31,601 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Desear, desear que, querer.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 6 documented wrong-spelling variants for wish, with forms such as "iwsh", "wihs", and "wishh". 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 16 confusable-pair relationships, "with", "was", "win", 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 wish, spelled W-I-S-H, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Desear, desear que, querer.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: iwsh,wihs,wishh,wissh,wsih,wwish

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for wish

Misspelling Variants of "wish"

iwsh4wihs4wishh5wissh5wsih4wwish5
Misspelling Variants of "wish"

Frequency rank: #31,601 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "wish"?
"wish" is spelled W-I-S-H. The IPA pronunciation is /wɪʃ/.
What does "wish" mean?
As a verb, "wish" means: Desear, desear que, querer.
What words are commonly confused with "wish"?
"wish" is commonly confused with "with", "was", "win". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "wish"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "wish" is /wɪʃ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "wish" come from?
"wish" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Spanish words

Other entries that begin with the letter W in our Spanish index:

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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.