nacen

/[ˈnasẽn]/ verb

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#8,997

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

nacen is aSpanishverb. It means: Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de nacer. Pronounced [ˈnasẽn]. It ranks #8,997 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with nan and nave.

Key facts for nacen
PropertyValue
Headwordnacen
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈnasẽn]
Letters5
Frequency rank#8,997
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for nacen is 5 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈnasẽn]. Corpus data places it at rank #8,997 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de nacer.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for nacen, with forms such as "ancen", "naccen", and "nacenn". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "nan", "nave", "nací", 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 nacen, spelled N-A-C-E-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de nacer.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ancen,naccen,nacenn,nacne,naecn,nasen,ncaen,nnacen

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for nacen

Misspelling Variants of "nacen"

ancen5naccen6nacenn6nacne5naecn5nasen5ncaen5nnacen6
Misspelling Variants of "nacen"

Frequency rank: #8,997 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "nacen"?
"nacen" is spelled N-A-C-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈnasẽn].
What does "nacen" mean?
As a verb, "nacen" means: Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de nacer.
What words are commonly confused with "nacen"?
"nacen" is commonly confused with "nan", "nave", "nací". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "nacen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "nacen" is [ˈnasẽn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "nacen" come from?
"nacen" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.