ze

/[ˈse]/ noun

Letters

2 characters

Frequency Rank

#35,833

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

18

similar word pairs

ze is aSpanishnoun. It means: Nombre de la undécima letra del alfabeto árabe. Pronounced [ˈse]. Often confused with zi and zoo.

Key facts for ze
PropertyValue
Headwordze
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈse]
Letters2
Frequency rank#35,833
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs18
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for ze is 2 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈse]. Corpus data places it at rank #35,833 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Nombre de la undécima letra del alfabeto árabe.".

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for ze in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable Spanish patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.It also participates in 18 confusable-pair relationships, "zi", "zoo", "zen", 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 ze, spelled Z-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nombre de la undécima letra del alfabeto árabe.

Frequency rank: #35,833 in Spanish

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?
"ze" 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 Z 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.