ninfómana

[nĩɱˈfomana]

/[nĩɱˈfomana]/ noun

The verdict

“ninfómana” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #71,273 among 1,151 “N” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#71,273
frequency rank, Spanish
1,151
“N” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mujer afectada por una intensificación disfuncional del deseo de gratificación sexual.

Corpus desk

Index ES-ninfomana · ninfómana · Spanish

ninfómana · rank #71,273 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #71,273
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,151
  • PHOTO-FINISH nipones

Nearest frequency peer: nipones (+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 “ninfómana”

Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “ninfómana” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for ninfómana
PropertyValue
Headwordninfómana
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[nĩɱˈfomana]
Letters9
Frequency rank#71,273
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “ninfómana” en español

De izquierda a derecha: las pocas palabras que cargan el habla diaria, luego la cola larga casi invisible.ninfómanacae en esta cola de rareza:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Los ticks avanzan en logaritmo; cada uno es del orden de diez veces más raro. Vecinos raros de la misma franja: “nipones” (#71,274), “niñatos” (#71,275), “Nicomedes” (#71,270). Entre 1,151 lemas con “N”, “ninfómana” va en #71,273. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

ninfómana is uncommon Spanish at frequency #71,273 among 1,151 “N” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [nĩɱˈfomana]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Mujer afectada por una intensificación disfuncional del deseo de gratificación sexual.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for ninfómana, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is ninfómana, spelled N-I-N-F-Ó-M-A-N-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Mujer afectada por una intensificación disfuncional del deseo de gratificación sexual.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how ninfómana appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. El más alto habló del taller de una pintora noruega ninfómana y adicta a la mariguana, cuya llave, afirmó, le había sido confiada por su dueño a raíz de un oscuro incidente con un traficante en drogas.

This word in other languages

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "ninfómana"?
"ninfómana" is spelled N-I-N-F-Ó-M-A-N-A. The IPA pronunciation is [nĩɱˈfomana].
What does "ninfómana" mean?
As a noun, "ninfómana" means: Mujer afectada por una intensificación disfuncional del deseo de gratificación sexual.
How do you pronounce "ninfómana"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ninfómana" is [nĩɱˈfomana]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ninfómana" come from?
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "ninfómana", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list