necesito

/[neseˈsit̪o]/ verb

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#644

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

13

tracked variants

Confusables

8

similar word pairs

necesito is aSpanishverb. It means: Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de indicativo de necesitar. Pronounced [neseˈsit̪o]. It ranks #644 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with Nemesio and necesita.

Key facts for necesito
PropertyValue
Headwordnecesito
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[neseˈsit̪o]
Letters8
Frequency rank#644
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for necesito is 8 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [neseˈsit̪o]. Corpus data places it at rank #644 in overall Spanish word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de indicativo de necesitar.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 13 documented wrong-spelling variants for necesito, with forms such as "encesito", "nceesito", and "neccesito". 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, "Nemesio", "necesita", "necesité", 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 necesito, spelled N-E-C-E-S-I-T-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de indicativo de necesitar.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: encesito,nceesito,neccesito,nececito,neceisto,necesiot,necesitto,necessito,necestio,necseito,neecsito,nesesito,nnecesito

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for necesito

Misspelling Variants of "necesito"

encesito8nceesito8neccesito9nececito8neceisto8necesiot8necesitto9necessito9
Misspelling Variants of "necesito"

Frequency rank: #644 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "necesito"?
"necesito" is spelled N-E-C-E-S-I-T-O. The IPA pronunciation is [neseˈsit̪o].
What does "necesito" mean?
As a verb, "necesito" means: Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de indicativo de necesitar.
What words are commonly confused with "necesito"?
"necesito" is commonly confused with "Nemesio", "necesita", "necesité". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "necesito"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "necesito" is [neseˈsit̪o]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "necesito" come from?
"necesito" 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.