ze

Name: ze, Spanish Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
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[ˈse]

/[ˈse]/ noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“ze” sits in 18 confusable pairs (corpus #35,833) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#35,833
frequency rank, Spanish: 220
“Z” headwords: 18
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nombre de la undécima letra del alfabeto árabe.

Corpus desk

Index ES-ze · ze · Spanish

ze · rank #35,833 · 0 variants · 18 confusables

FREQ-MID #35,833
LEN-SHORT 2 letters
VOW-1 1 vowel
CONFUS-HIGH 18 pairs
VAR-0 0 variants
BOOK-MID 220
PHOTO-FINISH Zabala

Nearest frequency peer: Zabala (-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.

yerbas

64,171
Yvonne

64,170
Zabala

64,169
ze

64,168
zi

64,167
álgido

64,166

What this shows Las barras sitúan “ze” frente a los lemas españoles más cercanos por rango, no un reprint del escritorio de confusables.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

ze vs zi

50% similar

ze vs zoo

33% similar

ze vs zen

67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for ze
Property	Value
Headword	ze
Language	Spanish
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	[ˈse]
Letters	2
Frequency rank	#35,833
Misspellings tracked	0
Confusable pairs	18
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Rango de corpus junto a confusables de “ze”

De izquierda a derecha: las pocas palabras que cargan el habla diaria, luego la cola larga casi invisible.zecae aquí:

#35,833

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

El eje es logarítmico: cada tick marca unas diez veces menos frecuencia. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “Zabala” (#35,832), “zi” (#35,834), “Yvonne” (#35,831). Entre 220 lemas con “Z”, “ze” va en #35,833. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for ze is neighbouring look-alikes ("zi", "zoo", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced [ˈse]. Frequency #35,833 among 220 “Z” headwords. Gloss: "Nombre de la undécima letra del alfabeto árabe.".

ze has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. It also participates in 18 confusable-pair relationships, "zi", "zoo", "zen", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is ze, spelled Z-E.

Definition

1
Nombre de la undécima letra del alfabeto árabe.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "ze"?

"ze" is spelled Z-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈse].

What does "ze" mean?

As a noun, "ze" means: Nombre de la undécima letra del alfabeto árabe.

What words are commonly confused with "ze"?

"ze" is commonly confused with "zi", "zoo", "zen". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "ze"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ze" is [ˈse]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "ze" come from?

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