names

/neɪmz/

//neɪmz// noun

The verdict

“names” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #77,493 among 1,151 “N” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#77,493
frequency rank, Spanish
1,151
“N” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Forma del plural de name.

Corpus desk

Index ES-names · names · Spanish

names · rank #77,493 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #77,493
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,151
  • PHOTO-FINISH negocien

Nearest frequency peer: negocien (+3 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.

Rangos de cola larga cerca de “names”

Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “names” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for names
PropertyValue
Headwordnames
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/neɪmz/
Letters5
Frequency rank#77,493
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “names” en español

Esta escala corre desde el núcleo del español cotidiano (izquierda) hasta el rastro de formas rara vez usadas (derecha).namescae en esta cola de rareza:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

El eje es logarítmico: cada tick marca unas diez veces menos frecuencia. Vecinos raros de la misma franja: “negocien” (#77,496), “nenito” (#77,498), “muralista” (#77,487). Entre 1,151 lemas con “N”, “names” va en #77,493. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

names is uncommon Spanish at frequency #77,493 among 1,151 “N” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /neɪmz/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Forma del plural de name.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for names, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is names, spelled N-A-M-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Forma del plural de name.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "names"?
"names" is spelled N-A-M-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is /neɪmz/.
What does "names" mean?
As a noun, "names" means: Forma del plural de name.
How do you pronounce "names"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "names" is /neɪmz/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "names" come from?
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "names", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list