nier
[ˈniˀʌ]
The verdict
“nier” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #79,388 among 1,151 “N” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,388
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 1,151
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dados o naipes con valor nueve.
Corpus desk
Index ES-nier · nier · Spanish
nier · rank #79,388 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #79,388
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,151
- PHOTO-FINISH negritud
Nearest frequency peer: negritud (-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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “nier”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- navigation
navigation
20,616 corpus weight
- negritud
negritud
20,614 corpus weight
- nier
nier
20,613 corpus weight
- nombraban
nombraban
20,612 corpus weight
- nosa
nosa
20,611 corpus weight
- notificadas
notificadas
20,609 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “nier” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | nier |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈniˀʌ] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #79,388 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “nier” en español
Rare enough to double-check
nier is uncommon Spanish at frequency #79,388 among 1,151 “N” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈniˀʌ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for nier, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is nier, spelled N-I-E-R.
Definition
- 1Dados o naipes con valor nueve.
- 2Persona, objeto, etc. que tiene el nombre 9 en un sistema en particular, por ejemplo, una línea de autobús.
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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