ningún
The verdict
“ningún” is in the everyday core of Spanish, ranked #408 in Spanish word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #408
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6
- letters
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
Dominant Wiktionary sense: Variante de ninguno.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ningún |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [nĩŋˈgũn] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #408 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “ningún” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for ningún is 6 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [nĩŋˈgũn]. Corpus data places it at rank #408 in overall Spanish word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Variante de ninguno.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for ningún, with forms such as "inngún", "nignún", and "ninggún". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "ninguna", "ninguno", "niegan", 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 ningún, spelled N-I-N-G-Ú-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1Variante de ninguno.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: inngún,nignún,ninggún,ningnú,ningúnn,ninngún,ninúgn,nnigún,nningún
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ningún — measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
Edit distance from "ningún"
Frequency rank: #408 in Spanish
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Using “ningún”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is N-I-N-G-Ú-N — every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [nĩŋˈgũn] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “ninguna” — see the side-by-side comparison. ningún vs ninguna
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
Nearby Spanish words
Other entries that begin with the letter N in our Spanish index: