neumonía

[newmoˈnia]

/[newmoˈnia]/ noun

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The verdict

“neumonía” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #20,436. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#20,436
frequency rank, Spanish
7,828
“N” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Inflamación severa de parte o de todo un pulmón, incluso de ambos pulmones, ocasionada por virus, bacterias o u micoplasma. La neumonía viral es de menor gravedad y suele darse en niños. Más graves...

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

neumonía vs neurona
75% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for neumonía
PropertyValue
Headwordneumonía
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[newmoˈnia]
Letters8
Frequency rank#20,436
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “neumonía” sits in Spanish frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). neumonía lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around neumonía (IPA [newmoˈnia]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #20,436 among 7,828 “N” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Inflamación severa de parte o de todo un pulmón, incluso de ambos pulmones, ocasionada por virus, bacterias o u micoplasma. La neumonía viral es de menor gravedad y suele darse en niños. Más graves...".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for neumonía, with forms such as "enumonía", "nemuonía", and "neummonía". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "neurona", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is neumonía, spelled N-E-U-M-O-N-Í-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Inflamación severa de parte o de todo un pulmón, incluso de ambos pulmones, ocasionada por virus, bacterias o u micoplasma. La neumonía viral es de menor gravedad y suele darse en niños. Más graves son las neumonías bacterianas, que en los ancianos e inmunodeprimidos suelen ser una complicación de un resfrío, gripe u otra enfermedad pulmonar; el agente patógeno más característico es el Streptococcus pneumoniae.

Synonyms

pulmoníaneumonitis

This word in other languages

pneumonia(English)pneumonie(Français)Pneumonie(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • enumonía
  • nemuonía
  • neummonía
  • neumnoía
  • neumonaí
  • neumonnía
  • neumoína
  • neuomnía
  • nneumonía
  • nuemonía

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of neumonía - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

enumonía2nemuonía2neummonía1neumnoía2neumonaí2neumonnía1neumoína2neuomnía2
Edit distance from "neumonía"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "neumonía"?
"neumonía" is spelled N-E-U-M-O-N-Í-A. The IPA pronunciation is [newmoˈnia].
What does "neumonía" mean?
As a noun, "neumonía" means: Inflamación severa de parte o de todo un pulmón, incluso de ambos pulmones, ocasionada por virus, bacterias o u micoplasma. La neumonía viral es de menor gravedad y suele darse en niños. Más graves...
What words are commonly confused with "neumonía"?
"neumonía" is commonly confused with "neurona". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "neumonía"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "neumonía" is [newmoˈnia]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "neumonía" come from?
"neumonía" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Using “neumonía”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Spanish spelling is N-E-U-M-O-N-Í-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [newmoˈnia] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Don't mix it up with “neurona” - see the side-by-side comparison. neumonía vs neurona
  • Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words

Same frequency band

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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list