Nebraska

/[neˈβ̞ɾaska]/ name

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#33,733

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

13

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

Nebraska is aSpanishname. It means: Estado que hace parte de los Estados Unidos de América, ubicado en la región del Medio Oeste del país. Pronounced [neˈβ̞ɾaska].

Key facts for Nebraska
PropertyValue
HeadwordNebraska
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechName
IPA[neˈβ̞ɾaska]
Letters8
Frequency rank#33,733
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for Nebraska is 8 letters long, classified as aname, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [neˈβ̞ɾaska]. Corpus data places it at rank #33,733 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Estado que hace parte de los Estados Unidos de América, ubicado en la región del Medio Oeste del país.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for Nebraska, with forms such as "enbraska", "nberaska", and "nebarska". 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.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

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 Nebraska, spelled N-E-B-R-A-S-K-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Estado que hace parte de los Estados Unidos de América, ubicado en la región del Medio Oeste del país.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: enbraska,nberaska,nebarska,nebbraska,nebraksa,nebrasak,nebraskka,nebrasska,nebrraska,nebrsaka,nerbaska,nevraska,nnebraska

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Nebraska

Misspelling Variants of "Nebraska"

enbraska8nberaska8nebarska8nebbraska9nebraksa8nebrasak8nebraskka9nebrasska9
Misspelling Variants of "Nebraska"

Frequency rank: #33,733 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Nebraska"?
"Nebraska" is spelled N-E-B-R-A-S-K-A. The IPA pronunciation is [neˈβ̞ɾaska].
What does "Nebraska" mean?
As a name, "Nebraska" means: Estado que hace parte de los Estados Unidos de América, ubicado en la región del Medio Oeste del país.
What are common misspellings of "Nebraska"?
Common misspellings include "enbraska", "nberaska", "nebarska", "nebbraska", "nebraksa". The correct spelling is "Nebraska".
How do you pronounce "Nebraska"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Nebraska" is [neˈβ̞ɾaska]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Nebraska" come from?
"Nebraska" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.