invierno
[ĩmˈbjeɾno]
The verdict
“invierno” is a regularly-used Spanish word, ranked #1,941 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #1,941
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8
- letters
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 8
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - La más fría de las cuatro estaciones del año, que sucede al otoño y antecede a la primavera, en aquella parte de la Tierra comprendida entre las zonas polares y tropicales.
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 | invierno |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ĩmˈbjeɾno] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #1,941 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 8 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “invierno” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for invierno is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ĩmˈbjeɾno]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,941 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for invierno, with forms such as "inbierno", "iniverno", and "innvierno". 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 8 confusable-pair relationships, "invierte", "invierta", "inviernos", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is invierno, spelled I-N-V-I-E-R-N-O.
Definition
- 1La más fría de las cuatro estaciones del año, que sucede al otoño y antecede a la primavera, en aquella parte de la Tierra comprendida entre las zonas polares y tropicales.
- 2Período de lluvias abundantes, que se opone a la estación seca, en los países de clima tropical.
- 3Lluvia corta y copiosa que cae de improviso.
- 4Por extensión de invierno₁, periodo de escasez o dificultad.
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: inbierno,iniverno,innvierno,inveirno,invienro,inviernno,invieron,invierrno,invireno,invvierno,ivnierno,nivierno
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of invierno - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “invierno”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is I-N-V-I-E-R-N-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ĩmˈbjeɾno] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “invierte” - see the side-by-side comparison. invierno vs invierte
- 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.