ng

//ˈᵑɡe// character

Letters

2 characters

Frequency Rank

#23,878

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

ng is aSpanishcharacter. It means: Decimoctava letra del achegety o alfabeto guaraní. Pronounced /ˈᵑɡe/. Often confused with no and ny.

Key facts for ng
PropertyValue
Headwordng
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechCharacter
IPA/ˈᵑɡe/
Letters2
Frequency rank#23,878
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for ng is 2 letters long, classified as acharacter, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈᵑɡe/. Corpus data places it at rank #23,878 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Decimoctava letra del achegety o alfabeto guaraní.".

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for ng in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable Spanish patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "no", "ny", "nm", 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 ng, spelled N-G, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Decimoctava letra del achegety o alfabeto guaraní.

Frequency rank: #23,878 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "ng"?
"ng" is spelled N-G. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈᵑɡe/.
What does "ng" mean?
As a character, "ng" means: Decimoctava letra del achegety o alfabeto guaraní.
What words are commonly confused with "ng"?
"ng" is commonly confused with "no", "ny", "nm". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "ng"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ng" is /ˈᵑɡe/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ng" come from?
"ng" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Spanish words

Other entries that begin with the letter N in our Spanish index:

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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.