némesis

/[ˈnemesis]/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#45,476

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

1

similar word pairs

némesis is aSpanishnoun. It means: Persona enemiga jurada o principal. Pronounced [ˈnemesis]. Often confused with Nemesio.

Key facts for némesis
PropertyValue
Headwordnémesis
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈnemesis]
Letters7
Frequency rank#45,476
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for némesis is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈnemesis]. Corpus data places it at rank #45,476 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for némesis, with forms such as "nméesis", "nnémesis", and "néemsis". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Nemesio", 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 némesis, spelled N-É-M-E-S-I-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Persona enemiga jurada o principal.
  2. 2
    Castigo severo con el fin de restablecer la justicia.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: nméesis,nnémesis,néemsis,némecis,némeiss,némesiss,némessi,némessis,némmesis,némseis,énmesis

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for némesis

Misspelling Variants of "némesis"

nméesis7nnémesis8néemsis7némecis7némeiss7némesiss8némessi7némessis8
Misspelling Variants of "némesis"

Frequency rank: #45,476 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "némesis"?
"némesis" is spelled N-É-M-E-S-I-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈnemesis].
What does "némesis" mean?
As a noun, "némesis" means: Persona enemiga jurada o principal.
What words are commonly confused with "némesis"?
"némesis" is commonly confused with "Nemesio". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "némesis"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "némesis" is [ˈnemesis]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "némesis" come from?
"némesis" 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.