nauta

[ˈnawt̪a]

/[ˈnawt̪a]/ noun

The verdict

“nauta” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #81,236 among 7,828 “N” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#81,236
frequency rank, Spanish
7,828
“N” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Persona que se dedica, como profesión o afición, a la marinería

Key facts for nauta
PropertyValue
Headwordnauta
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈnawt̪a]
Letters5
Frequency rank#81,236
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “nauta” sits in Spanish frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). nauta lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

nauta is uncommon Spanish at frequency #81,236 among 7,828 “N” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈnawt̪a]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Persona que se dedica, como profesión o afición, a la marinería".

Zero misspellings are on record for nauta in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is nauta, spelled N-A-U-T-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Persona que se dedica, como profesión o afición, a la marinería

Synonyms

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 "nauta"?
"nauta" is spelled N-A-U-T-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈnawt̪a].
What does "nauta" mean?
As a noun, "nauta" means: Persona que se dedica, como profesión o afición, a la marinería
How do you pronounce "nauta"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "nauta" is [ˈnawt̪a]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "nauta" come from?
"nauta" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Using “nauta”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Spanish spelling is N-A-U-T-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [ˈnawt̪a] (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

Other uncommon Spanish words near this rank

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list