ingenuidad
[ĩŋxenwiˈð̞að̞]
The verdict
“ingenuidad” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #20,716 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #20,716
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 10
- letters
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Actitud de las personas que confían demasiado en la bondad de los demás, lo que las hace víctimas de fraudes y engaños.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ingenuidad |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ĩŋxenwiˈð̞að̞] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #20,716 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “ingenuidad” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for ingenuidad is 10 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ĩŋxenwiˈð̞að̞]. Corpus data places it at rank #20,716 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for ingenuidad, with forms such as "ignenuidad", "inegnuidad", and "ingeniudad". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "intensidad", "inmensidad", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is ingenuidad, spelled I-N-G-E-N-U-I-D-A-D.
Definition
- 1Actitud de las personas que confían demasiado en la bondad de los demás, lo que las hace víctimas de fraudes y engaños.
- 2Sinceridad, buena fe y candor.
- 3Arte ingenuo, o arte naif.
- 4Condición personal de haber nacido libre, en contraposición a la del manumiso o liberto.
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ignenuidad,inegnuidad,ingeniudad,ingennuidad,ingenudiad,ingenuiadd,ingenuidadd,ingenuidda,ingenuiddad,ingeunidad,inggenuidad,ingneuidad,inngenuidad,nigenuidad
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ingenuidad - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 “ingenuidad”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is I-N-G-E-N-U-I-D-A-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ĩŋxenwiˈð̞að̞] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “intensidad” - see the side-by-side comparison. ingenuidad vs intensidad
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.