ninguno
[nĩŋˈguno]
The verdict
“ninguno” is a regularly-used Spanish word, ranked #1,299 in Spanish word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #1,299
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Ni una sola de las cosas o personas señaladas por el sustantivo al que acompaña o sustituye este adjetivo indefinido.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ninguno |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [nĩŋˈguno] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #1,299 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “ninguno” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for ninguno is 7 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [nĩŋˈguno]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,299 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Ni una sola de las cosas o personas señaladas por el sustantivo al que acompaña o sustituye este adjetivo indefinido.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for ninguno, with forms such as "innguno", "nignuno", and "ningguno". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "ningún", "ninguna", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is ninguno, spelled N-I-N-G-U-N-O.
Definition
- 1Ni una sola de las cosas o personas señaladas por el sustantivo al que acompaña o sustituye este adjetivo indefinido.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: innguno,nignuno,ningguno,ningnuo,ningunno,ninguon,ninnguno,ninugno,nniguno,nninguno
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ninguno - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
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Using “ninguno”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is N-I-N-G-U-N-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [nĩŋˈguno] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “ningún” - see the side-by-side comparison. ninguno vs ningún
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.