Año Nuevo
[ˈaɲo ˈnweβ̞o]
The verdict
“Año Nuevo” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fiesta del inicio del año siguiente (año nuevo) en el calendario. Se celebra el 1 de enero de cada año.
Corpus desk
Index ES-ano-nuevo · Año Nuevo · Spanish
Año Nuevo · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Año Nuevo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [ˈaɲo ˈnweβ̞o] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “Año Nuevo” en español
Rare enough to double-check
Año Nuevo is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed [ˈaɲo ˈnweβ̞o]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Fiesta del inicio del año siguiente (año nuevo) en el calendario. Se celebra el 1 de enero de cada año.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Año Nuevo, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is Año Nuevo, spelled A-Ñ-O- -N-U-E-V-O.
Definition
- 1Fiesta del inicio del año siguiente (año nuevo) en el calendario. Se celebra el 1 de enero de cada año.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.