nada
[ˈnað̞a]
The verdict
“nada” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #69) as a pronoun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #69
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 1,151
- “N” headwords
- 4
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ninguna cosa.
Corpus desk
Index ES-nada · nada · Spanish
nada · rank #69 · 4 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #69
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-LOW 4 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,151
- PHOTO-FINISH hace
Nearest frequency peer: hace (-1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Frequency neighbourhood for “nada”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- esto
esto
99,935 corpus weight
- vez
vez
99,934 corpus weight
- hace
hace
99,933 corpus weight
- nada
nada
99,932 corpus weight
- donde
donde
99,930 corpus weight
- parte
parte
99,929 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “nada” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | nada |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Pronoun |
| IPA | [ˈnað̞a] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #69 |
| Misspellings tracked | 4 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “nada” sits in Spanish frequency
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for nada is neighbouring look-alikes ("nd", "nah", …), not just typos; it is apronoun pronounced [ˈnað̞a]. Frequency #69 among 1,151 “N” headwords. 3 recorded senses keep meaning in play.
Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for nada, with forms such as "naad", "nadda", and "ndaa". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "nd", "nah", "nat", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is nada, spelled N-A-D-A.
Definition
- 1Ninguna cosa.
- 2Cualquier cosa, en especial cuando es de poca importancia.
- 3Cantidad mínima de algna cosa.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how nada appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
En realidad, el psicólogo, por positivo que quiera seguir siendo, siente muy bien que todo el precio de las investigaciones inductivas es de conducirnos a una visión de los fenómenos, y nunca resiste por completo a la tentación de indicar, por lo menos, esta nueva toma de consciencia. Así, P. Guillaume (Traité de Psychologie, p. 175), al exponer las leyes…
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- naad
- nadda
- ndaa
- nnada
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of nada - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 3, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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- "nada" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "nd". View pair
- 4 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #69 among Spanish headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more Spanish words in the "N" letter cohort. N–Z browse
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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.