ninfa

/[ˈnĩɱfa]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#35,157

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

18

similar word pairs

ninfa is aSpanishnoun. It means: Deidad femenina fabulosa que suele vivir en espacios naturales: ríos, aguas, bosques, selvas o montes. Son de una belleza extraordinaria, tienen la voz dulce y por lo general suelen vivir en compañ... Pronounced [ˈnĩɱfa]. Often confused with niño and Niza.

Key facts for ninfa
PropertyValue
Headwordninfa
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈnĩɱfa]
Letters5
Frequency rank#35,157
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs18
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for ninfa is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈnĩɱfa]. Corpus data places it at rank #35,157 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 6 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 ninfa, with forms such as "innfa", "nifna", and "ninaf". 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 18 confusable-pair relationships, "niño", "Niza", "nini", 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 ninfa, spelled N-I-N-F-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Deidad femenina fabulosa que suele vivir en espacios naturales: ríos, aguas, bosques, selvas o montes. Son de una belleza extraordinaria, tienen la voz dulce y por lo general suelen vivir en compañía de sus hermanas.
  2. 2
    Muchacha joven y bella.
  3. 3
    Mujer de vida licenciosa.
  4. 4
    Estadio juvenil de ciertos insectos que sufren metamorfosis simple o incompleta, como las cigarras, las cucarachas, los grillos, las langostas, las libélulas o los saltamontes, y caracterizado por una forma general de adulto pero carente de alas desarrolladas. Cuando es acuática, se denomina náyade.
  5. 5
    Nenúfar.
  6. 6
    Labios menores de la vulva.

Synonyms

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: innfa,nifna,ninaf,ninffa,ninnfa,nnifa,nninfa

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for ninfa

Misspelling Variants of "ninfa"

innfa5nifna5ninaf5ninffa6ninnfa6nnifa5nninfa6
Misspelling Variants of "ninfa"

Frequency rank: #35,157 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "ninfa"?
"ninfa" is spelled N-I-N-F-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈnĩɱfa].
What does "ninfa" mean?
As a noun, "ninfa" means: Deidad femenina fabulosa que suele vivir en espacios naturales: ríos, aguas, bosques, selvas o montes. Son de una belleza extraordinaria, tienen la voz dulce y por lo general suelen vivir en compañ...
What words are commonly confused with "ninfa"?
"ninfa" is commonly confused with "niño", "Niza", "nini". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "ninfa"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ninfa" is [ˈnĩɱfa]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ninfa" come from?
"ninfa" 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.