ingenua

[ĩŋˈxenwa]

/[ĩŋˈxenwa]/ adj

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The verdict

“ingenua” has 9 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #18,278. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#18,278
frequency rank, Spanish
3,428
“I” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
10
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Forma del femenino de ingenuo.

Corpus desk

Index ES-ingenua · ingenua · Spanish

ingenua · rank #18,278 · 9 variants · 10 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #18,278
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,428
  • PHOTO-FINISH indignante

Nearest frequency peer: indignante (-1 rank slots)

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.

Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “ingenua”

Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino

corpus weight

What this shows “ingenua” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

ingenua vs intenta
71% similar
ingenua vs intensa
71% similar
ingenua vs inmensa
71% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for ingenua
PropertyValue
Headwordingenua
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ĩŋˈxenwa]
Letters7
Frequency rank#18,278
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “ingenua”

La frecuencia va del puñado de palabras que usamos sin parar (izquierda) a la cola larga que apenas aparece (derecha).ingenuacae aquí:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

La escala es logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× más rara). En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “indignante” (#18,277), “inquilinos” (#18,279), “idénticos” (#18,276). Entre 3,428 lemas con “I”, “ingenua” va en #18,278. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around ingenua (IPA [ĩŋˈxenwa]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #18,278 among 3,428 “I” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Forma del femenino de ingenuo.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for ingenua, with forms such as "ignenua", "inegnua", and "ingenau". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 10 confusable-pair relationships, "intenta", "intensa", "inmensa", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is ingenua, spelled I-N-G-E-N-U-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Forma del femenino de ingenuo.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ignenua
  • inegnua
  • ingenau
  • ingennua
  • ingeuna
  • inggenua
  • ingneua
  • inngenua
  • nigenua

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ingenua - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

ignenua2inegnua2ingenau2ingennua1ingeuna2inggenua1ingneua2inngenua1
Edit distance from "ingenua"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "ingenua"?
"ingenua" is spelled I-N-G-E-N-U-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ĩŋˈxenwa].
What does "ingenua" mean?
As an adjective, "ingenua" means: Forma del femenino de ingenuo.
What words are commonly confused with "ingenua"?
"ingenua" is commonly confused with "intenta", "intensa", "inmensa". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "ingenua"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ingenua" is [ĩŋˈxenwa]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ingenua" come from?
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "ingenua", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

hiciese#18,271fragata#18,262fitness#18,261liberan#18,300

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

Fabián9 variantsmixtas9 variantsmosaico9 variantsedition9 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list