niego

/[ˈnjeɣ̞o]/ verb

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#9,331

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

6

tracked variants

Confusables

19

similar word pairs

niego is aSpanishverb. It means: Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de indicativo de negar o de negarse. Pronounced [ˈnjeɣ̞o]. It ranks #9,331 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with niño and Nilo.

Key facts for niego
PropertyValue
Headwordniego
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈnjeɣ̞o]
Letters5
Frequency rank#9,331
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs19
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for niego is 5 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈnjeɣ̞o]. Corpus data places it at rank #9,331 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de indicativo de negar o de negarse.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 6 documented wrong-spelling variants for niego, with forms such as "inego", "neigo", and "nieggo". 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 19 confusable-pair relationships, "niño", "Nilo", "nuevo", 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 niego, spelled N-I-E-G-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de indicativo de negar o de negarse.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: inego,neigo,nieggo,nieog,nigeo,nniego

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for niego

Misspelling Variants of "niego"

inego5neigo5nieggo6nieog5nigeo5nniego6
Misspelling Variants of "niego"

Frequency rank: #9,331 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "niego"?
"niego" is spelled N-I-E-G-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈnjeɣ̞o].
What does "niego" mean?
As a verb, "niego" means: Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de indicativo de negar o de negarse.
What words are commonly confused with "niego"?
"niego" is commonly confused with "niño", "Nilo", "nuevo". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "niego"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "niego" is [ˈnjeɣ̞o]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "niego" come from?
"niego" 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.