ninfas

/[ˈnĩɱfas]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#39,885

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

7

similar word pairs

ninfas is aSpanishnoun. It means: Forma del plural de ninfa. Pronounced [ˈnĩɱfas]. Often confused with niños and ninja.

Key facts for ninfas
PropertyValue
Headwordninfas
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈnĩɱfas]
Letters6
Frequency rank#39,885
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for ninfas is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈnĩɱfas]. Corpus data places it at rank #39,885 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Forma del plural de ninfa.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for ninfas, with forms such as "innfas", "nifnas", and "ninafs". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "niños", "ninja", "niñas", 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 ninfas, spelled N-I-N-F-A-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Forma del plural de ninfa.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: innfas,nifnas,ninafs,ninfass,ninffas,ninfsa,ninnfas,nnifas,nninfas

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for ninfas

Misspelling Variants of "ninfas"

innfas6nifnas6ninafs6ninfass7ninffas7ninfsa6ninnfas7nnifas6
Misspelling Variants of "ninfas"

Frequency rank: #39,885 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "ninfas"?
"ninfas" is spelled N-I-N-F-A-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈnĩɱfas].
What does "ninfas" mean?
As a noun, "ninfas" means: Forma del plural de ninfa.
What words are commonly confused with "ninfas"?
"ninfas" is commonly confused with "niños", "ninja", "niñas". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "ninfas"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ninfas" is [ˈnĩɱfas]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ninfas" come from?
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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.