ne

adv

Letters

2 characters

Frequency Rank

#8,998

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

ne is anSpanishadv. It means: No. It ranks #8,998 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with no and ny.

Key facts for ne
PropertyValue
Headwordne
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdv
Letters2
Frequency rank#8,998
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for ne is 2 letters long, classified as anadv. Corpus data places it at rank #8,998 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "No.".

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for ne in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable Spanish patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "no", "ny", "nm", 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 ne, spelled N-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    No.

Frequency rank: #8,998 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "ne"?
"ne" is spelled N-E.
What does "ne" mean?
As an adv, "ne" means: No.
What words are commonly confused with "ne"?
"ne" is commonly confused with "no", "ny", "nm". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "ne" come from?
"ne" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Spanish words

Other entries that begin with the letter N in our Spanish index:

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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.