Nilo

/[ˈnilo]/ name

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#15,176

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

5

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

Nilo is aSpanishname. It means: Apellido. Pronounced [ˈnilo]. Often confused with no and noo.

Key facts for Nilo
PropertyValue
HeadwordNilo
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechName
IPA[ˈnilo]
Letters4
Frequency rank#15,176
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for Nilo is 4 letters long, classified as aname, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈnilo]. Corpus data places it at rank #15,176 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 5 documented wrong-spelling variants for Nilo, with forms such as "inlo", "nillo", and "niol". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "no", "noo", "nin", 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 Nilo, spelled N-I-L-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Apellido.
  2. 2
    Nombre de pila de varón.
  3. 3
    Río que recorre gran parte de África desde su nacimiento en Burundi hasta su desembocadura en el mar Mediterráneo. Pasa también por Ruanda, Uganda, Sudán del Sur, Sudán, Egipto y Etiopia, y por tres ciudades capitales (Juba, Jartum y El Cairo). Es el río más largo de África y el segundo más largo del mundo, después del Amazonas.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: inlo,nillo,niol,nlio,nnilo

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Nilo

Misspelling Variants of "Nilo"

inlo4nillo5niol4nlio4nnilo5
Misspelling Variants of "Nilo"

Frequency rank: #15,176 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Nilo"?
"Nilo" is spelled N-I-L-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈnilo].
What does "Nilo" mean?
As a name, "Nilo" means: Apellido.
What words are commonly confused with "Nilo"?
"Nilo" is commonly confused with "no", "noo", "nin". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Nilo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Nilo" is [ˈnilo]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Nilo" come from?
"Nilo" 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.