negativos
[neɣ̞aˈt̪iβ̞os]
The verdict
“negativos” is a regularly-used Spanish word, ranked #5,640 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #5,640
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 9
- letters
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Forma del plural de negativo.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | negativos |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [neɣ̞aˈt̪iβ̞os] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #5,640 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “negativos” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for negativos is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [neɣ̞aˈt̪iβ̞os]. Corpus data places it at rank #5,640 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Forma del plural de negativo.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for negativos, with forms such as "engativos", "neagtivos", and "negaitvos". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "nativos", "negativa", "negativo", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is negativos, spelled N-E-G-A-T-I-V-O-S.
Definition
- 1Forma del plural de negativo.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: engativos,neagtivos,negaitvos,negatibos,negatiovs,negativoss,negativso,negativvos,negattivos,negatvios,neggativos,negtaivos,ngeativos,nnegativos
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of negativos - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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.
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Using “negativos”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is N-E-G-A-T-I-V-O-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [neɣ̞aˈt̪iβ̞os] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “nativos” - see the side-by-side comparison. negativos vs nativos
- 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.