Namibia
[naˈmiβ̞ja]
The verdict
“Namibia” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #25,369 in Spanish word frequency and used as a proper noun.
- #25,369
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - País del occidente del África austral. Limita con Sudáfrica, Botsuana, Angola y el océano Atlántico.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Namibia |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [naˈmiβ̞ja] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #25,369 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Namibia” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for Namibia is 7 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [naˈmiβ̞ja]. Corpus data places it at rank #25,369 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "País del occidente del África austral. Limita con Sudáfrica, Botsuana, Angola y el océano Atlántico.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for Namibia, with forms such as "anmibia", "naimbia", and "nambiia". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is Namibia, spelled N-A-M-I-B-I-A.
Definition
- 1País del occidente del África austral. Limita con Sudáfrica, Botsuana, Angola y el océano Atlántico.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: anmibia,naimbia,nambiia,namibai,namibbia,namiiba,namivia,nammibia,nmaibia,nnamibia
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Namibia - 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.
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Using “Namibia”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is N-A-M-I-B-I-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [naˈmiβ̞ja] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.