Nicolás

/[nikoˈlas]/ name

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#2,943

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

Nicolás is aSpanishname. It means: Nombre de pila de varón. Pronounced [nikoˈlas]. It ranks #2,943 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with Nicola and Nicholas.

Key facts for Nicolás
PropertyValue
HeadwordNicolás
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechName
IPA[nikoˈlas]
Letters7
Frequency rank#2,943
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for Nicolás is 7 letters long, classified as aname, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [nikoˈlas]. Corpus data places it at rank #2,943 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for Nicolás, with forms such as "incolás", "nciolás", and "niccolás". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "Nicola", "Nicholas", 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 Nicolás, spelled N-I-C-O-L-Á-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nombre de pila de varón.
  2. 2
    Apellido.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: incolás,nciolás,niccolás,nicloás,nicollás,nicolsá,nicoláss,nicoáls,nioclás,nnicolás

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Nicolás

Misspelling Variants of "Nicolás"

incolás7nciolás7niccolás8nicloás7nicollás8nicolsá7nicoláss8nicoáls7
Misspelling Variants of "Nicolás"

Frequency rank: #2,943 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Nicolás"?
"Nicolás" is spelled N-I-C-O-L-Á-S. The IPA pronunciation is [nikoˈlas].
What does "Nicolás" mean?
As a name, "Nicolás" means: Nombre de pila de varón.
What words are commonly confused with "Nicolás"?
"Nicolás" is commonly confused with "Nicola", "Nicholas". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Nicolás"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Nicolás" is [nikoˈlas]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Nicolás" come from?
"Nicolás" 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.