ne

adv

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The verdict

“ne” is a regularly-used Spanish word, ranked #8,998 in Spanish word frequency and used as an adverb.

#8,998
frequency rank, Spanish
2
letters
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - No.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

ne vs no
50% similar
ne vs ny
50% similar
ne vs nm
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

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

Where “ne” 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). ne lands here:

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

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

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for ne is 2 letters long, classified as an adverb. 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.".

ne doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "no", "ny", "nm", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is ne, spelled N-E.

Definition

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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 "ne"?
"ne" is spelled N-E.
What does "ne" mean?
As an adverb, "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. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Using “ne”

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

  • The one correct Spanish spelling is N-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Don't mix it up with “no” - see the side-by-side comparison. ne vs no
  • 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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list