nihil
/ˈni.hil/
The verdict
“nihil” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #87,042 among 1,151 “N” headwords), classed as a pronoun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #87,042
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 1,151
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nada.
Corpus desk
Index ES-nihil · nihil · Spanish
nihil · rank #87,042 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #87,042
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,151
- PHOTO-FINISH Niklas
Nearest frequency peer: Niklas (+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 “nihil”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- neurólogos
neurólogos
12,963 corpus weight
- neutralizada
neutralizada
12,962 corpus weight
- nihil
nihil
12,959 corpus weight
- Niklas
Niklas
12,958 corpus weight
- nobiliaria
nobiliaria
12,955 corpus weight
- nolo
nolo
12,953 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “nihil” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | nihil |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Pronoun |
| IPA | /ˈni.hil/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #87,042 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “nihil” en español
Rare enough to double-check
nihil is uncommon Spanish at frequency #87,042 among 1,151 “N” headwords, classed as apronoun, transcribed /ˈni.hil/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nada.".
nihil has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is nihil, spelled N-I-H-I-L.
Definition
- 1Nada.
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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