Spanish if it followed English spelling logic
Spanish spelling reform following English and French logic:
-monosyllabic particles that lost their final consonants from Latin are written with them
no > non, sí > sic, y > et, o > ot
-writting medieval hiatuses
reina > reína, ver > veer, ser > seer, vio > vío
-ph/th/ch from Greek loans are kept
cristo > christo, teatro > theatro, -filia > -philia
-write lost coda p from Latin
eso > epso, siete > siepte, yeso > yepso
-writting etymological f- to differentiate from Latin h
hijo > fijo, hambre > fambre, hacer > facer
-write instances of -sc- in Latin
peces > pesces, crecer > crescer
-not writing epenthetic e-
escuela > schuela, espalda > spalda
-endings -ción/-cía written as -tión/-tía
eloquencia > eloqüentia, nación > natión
-words with qu in Latin that are still pronounced as /kw/ are written as qü
cuatro > qüatro, cuestión > qüestión
-write double consonants from Latin
copa > coppa, gato > gatto, vaca > vacca
-write /ɲ/ from -nn-/-mn-/-ni- as ñ but from -gn- as such
puño > pugno, tamaño > tamagno
Posted Aug 21, 2026, 2:35 AM UTC