ignominia
[iɣ̞noˈminja]
The verdict
“ignominia” is an uncommon Spanish word, ranked #54,291 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #54,291
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Grave afrenta pública; gran deshonor o humillación.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ignominia |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [iɣ̞noˈminja] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #54,291 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “ignominia” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for ignominia is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [iɣ̞noˈminja]. Corpus data places it at rank #54,291 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Grave afrenta pública; gran deshonor o humillación.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for ignominia, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is ignominia, spelled I-G-N-O-M-I-N-I-A.
Definition
- 1Grave afrenta pública; gran deshonor o humillación.
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “ignominia”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is I-G-N-O-M-I-N-I-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [iɣ̞noˈminja] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.