ni-
/ˈni/
The verdict
“ni-” is outside the top-ranked Spanish vocabulary, used as a prefix - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 3
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Prefijo de sujeto verbal de la primera persona de singular: yo.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ni- |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Prefix |
| IPA | /ˈni/ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “ni-” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for ni- is 3 letters long, classified as a prefix, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈni/. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Prefijo de sujeto verbal de la primera persona de singular: yo.".
ni- has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is ni-, spelled N-I--.
Definition
- 1Prefijo de sujeto verbal de la primera persona de singular: yo.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “ni-”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is N-I-- - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈni/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.