nieve

/[ˈnjeβ̞e]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#3,344

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

16

similar word pairs

nieve is aSpanishnoun. It means: Precipitación atmosférica constituida por hielo cristalizado. Pronounced [ˈnjeβ̞e]. It ranks #3,344 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with nine and nuevo.

Key facts for nieve
PropertyValue
Headwordnieve
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈnjeβ̞e]
Letters5
Frequency rank#3,344
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs16
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for nieve is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈnjeβ̞e]. Corpus data places it at rank #3,344 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 8 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for nieve, with forms such as "ineve", "neive", and "niebe". 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 16 confusable-pair relationships, "nine", "nuevo", "nueva", 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 nieve, spelled N-I-E-V-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Precipitación atmosférica constituida por hielo cristalizado.
  2. 2
    Hielo cristalizado en su mayor parte con forma de estrellas hexagonales, ramificadas con características fractales, pero frecuentemente mezcladas con simples cristales. Estos cristales se aglomeran dando lugar a los copos de nieve.
  3. 3
    Manto blanco de estos cristales de hielo, que cubre las superficies bajo el efecto de una nevada.
  4. 4
    Época del año en la que nieva mucho.
  5. 5
    Tipo de helado preparado a base de agua congelada y sabor artificial.
  6. 6
    Cocaína.
  7. 7
    Color muy blanco.
  8. 8
    En un aparato de televisión o en algún receptor análogo, imagen que recuerda a la nieve que cae, por efecto de una interferencia electromagnética.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ineve,neive,niebe,nieev,nievve,nivee,nnieve

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for nieve

Misspelling Variants of "nieve"

ineve5neive5niebe5nieev5nievve6nivee5nnieve6
Misspelling Variants of "nieve"

Frequency rank: #3,344 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "nieve"?
"nieve" is spelled N-I-E-V-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈnjeβ̞e].
What does "nieve" mean?
As a noun, "nieve" means: Precipitación atmosférica constituida por hielo cristalizado.
What words are commonly confused with "nieve"?
"nieve" is commonly confused with "nine", "nuevo", "nueva". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "nieve"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "nieve" is [ˈnjeβ̞e]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "nieve" come from?
"nieve" 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.