necesidad

/[nesesiˈð̞að̞]/ noun

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#830

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

15

tracked variants

Confusables

8

similar word pairs

necesidad is aSpanishnoun. It means: Calidad de necesario. Pronounced [nesesiˈð̞að̞]. It ranks #830 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with necesita and necesitan.

Key facts for necesidad
PropertyValue
Headwordnecesidad
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[nesesiˈð̞að̞]
Letters9
Frequency rank#830
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for necesidad is 9 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [nesesiˈð̞að̞]. Corpus data places it at rank #830 in overall Spanish word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 15 documented wrong-spelling variants for necesidad, with forms such as "encesidad", "nceesidad", and "neccesidad". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 8 confusable-pair relationships, "necesita", "necesitan", "necesitas", 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 necesidad, spelled N-E-C-E-S-I-D-A-D, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Calidad de necesario.
  2. 2
    Aquello que se necesita.
  3. 3
    Situación de carencia o escasez de aquello que ayuda a la subsistencia.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: encesidad,nceesidad,neccesidad,nececidad,neceisdad,necesdiad,necesiadd,necesidadd,necesidda,necesiddad,necessidad,necseidad,neecsidad,nesesidad,nnecesidad

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for necesidad

Misspelling Variants of "necesidad"

encesidad9nceesidad9neccesidad10nececidad9neceisdad9necesdiad9necesiadd9necesidadd10
Misspelling Variants of "necesidad"

Frequency rank: #830 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "necesidad"?
"necesidad" is spelled N-E-C-E-S-I-D-A-D. The IPA pronunciation is [nesesiˈð̞að̞].
What does "necesidad" mean?
As a noun, "necesidad" means: Calidad de necesario.
What words are commonly confused with "necesidad"?
"necesidad" is commonly confused with "necesita", "necesitan", "necesitas". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "necesidad"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "necesidad" is [nesesiˈð̞að̞]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "necesidad" come from?
"necesidad" 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. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.