ng
/ˈᵑɡe/
The verdict
“ng” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #23,878) as a character. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #23,878
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 1,151
- “N” headwords
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Decimoctava letra del achegety o alfabeto guaraní.
Corpus desk
Index ES-ng · ng · Spanish
ng · rank #23,878 · 0 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #23,878
- LEN-SHORT 2 letters
- VOW-0 0 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,151
- PHOTO-FINISH nazareno
Nearest frequency peer: nazareno (-1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Frequency neighbourhood for “ng”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- narcotrafic…
narcotraficante
76,126 corpus weight
- nas
nas
76,125 corpus weight
- nazareno
nazareno
76,124 corpus weight
- ng
ng
76,123 corpus weight
- Nicola
Nicola
76,122 corpus weight
- notando
notando
76,121 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “ng” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | ng |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Character |
| IPA | /ˈᵑɡe/ |
| Letters | 2 |
| Frequency rank | #23,878 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Dónde se sitúa “ng” en la frecuencia del español
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for ng is neighbouring look-alikes ("no", "ny", …), not just typos; it is acharacter pronounced /ˈᵑɡe/. Frequency #23,878 among 1,151 “N” headwords. Gloss: "Decimoctava letra del achegety o alfabeto guaraní.".
Zero misspellings are on record for ng in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. 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 borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is ng, spelled N-G.
Definition
- 1Decimoctava letra del achegety o alfabeto guaraní.
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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- "ng" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "no". View pair
- Usage frequency rank #23,878 among Spanish headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more Spanish words in the "N" letter cohort. N–Z browse
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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.