invierno

/[ĩmˈbjeɾno]/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,941

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

8

similar word pairs

invierno is aSpanishnoun. It means: 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. Pronounced [ĩmˈbjeɾno]. It ranks #1,941 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with invierte and invierta.

Key facts for invierno
PropertyValue
Headwordinvierno
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ĩmˈbjeɾno]
Letters8
Frequency rank#1,941
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of invierno in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for invierno is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, 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 Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for invierno, with forms such as "inbierno", "iniverno", and "innvierno". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 8 confusable-pair relationships, "invierte", "invierta", "inviernos", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is invierno, spelled I-N-V-I-E-R-N-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    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.
  2. 2
    Período de lluvias abundantes, que se opone a la estación seca, en los países de clima tropical.
  3. 3
    Lluvia corta y copiosa que cae de improviso.
  4. 4
    Por extensión de invierno₁, periodo de escasez o dificultad.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: inbierno,iniverno,innvierno,inveirno,invienro,inviernno,invieron,invierrno,invireno,invvierno,ivnierno,nivierno

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for invierno

Misspelling Variants of "invierno"

inbierno8iniverno8innvierno9inveirno8invienro8inviernno9invieron8invierrno9
Misspelling Variants of "invierno"

Frequency rank: #1,941 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "invierno"?
"invierno" is spelled I-N-V-I-E-R-N-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ĩmˈbjeɾno].
What does "invierno" mean?
As a noun, "invierno" means: 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.
What words are commonly confused with "invierno"?
"invierno" is commonly confused with "invierte", "invierta", "inviernos". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "invierno"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "invierno" is [ĩmˈbjeɾno]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "invierno" come from?
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.