nacional

/[nasjoˈnal]/ adj

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#165

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

4

similar word pairs

nacional is anSpanishadj. It means: Perteneciente o relativo a una nación. Pronounced [nasjoˈnal]. It ranks #165 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with naciones and national.

Key facts for nacional
PropertyValue
Headwordnacional
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdj
IPA[nasjoˈnal]
Letters8
Frequency rank#165
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for nacional is 8 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [nasjoˈnal]. Corpus data places it at rank #165 in overall Spanish word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.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 nacional, with forms such as "ancional", "naccional", and "nacinoal". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "naciones", "national", "nacionales", 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 nacional, spelled N-A-C-I-O-N-A-L, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Perteneciente o relativo a una nación.
  2. 2
    Natural de una nación, en contraposición a extranjero..
  3. 3
    Militante o simpatizante del Partido Nacional.
  4. 4
    Se decía del partidario y de las tropas del general Franco.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ancional,naccional,nacinoal,nacioanl,nacionall,nacionla,nacionnal,nacoinal,naiconal,nasional,ncaional,nnacional

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for nacional

Misspelling Variants of "nacional"

ancional8naccional9nacinoal8nacioanl8nacionall9nacionla8nacionnal9nacoinal8
Misspelling Variants of "nacional"

Frequency rank: #165 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "nacional"?
"nacional" is spelled N-A-C-I-O-N-A-L. The IPA pronunciation is [nasjoˈnal].
What does "nacional" mean?
As an adj, "nacional" means: Perteneciente o relativo a una nación.
What words are commonly confused with "nacional"?
"nacional" is commonly confused with "naciones", "national", "nacionales". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "nacional"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "nacional" is [nasjoˈnal]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "nacional" come from?
"nacional" 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.