Fact · Languages and accents
1.4times the Spanish error rate
On the Fleurs benchmark, Whisper large-v2's word error rate in English was about 1.4 times its rate in Spanish.
Checked against its source on October 17, 2026
- What it measures
- Both rates come from the same Fleurs read-speech benchmark and the same Whisper large-v2 model, so the ratio compares the two languages on equal terms. It does not say how English and Spanish dictation compare in an app.
- How it is calculated
- 4.2 / 3.0 = 1.4