ninja
[ˈnĩɲʝa]
The verdict
“ninja” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #10,385. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #10,385
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 1,151
- “N” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 18
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mercenario entrenado especialmente en formas no ortodoxas de hacer la guerra, en las que se incluía el asesinato, espionaje, sabotaje, reconocimiento y guerra de guerrillas, con el afán de desestab...
Corpus desk
Index ES-ninja · ninja · Spanish
ninja · rank #10,385 · 7 variants · 18 confusables
- FREQ-MID #10,385
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 18 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,151
- PHOTO-FINISH nombra
Nearest frequency peer: nombra (+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.
Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “ninja”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- múltiple
múltiple
89,620 corpus weight
- natación
natación
89,619 corpus weight
- ninja
ninja
89,616 corpus weight
- nombra
nombra
89,615 corpus weight
- notablemente
notablemente
89,614 corpus weight
- OEA
OEA
89,613 corpus weight
What this shows “ninja” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.
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 | ninja |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈnĩɲʝa] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #10,385 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 18 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “ninja”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around ninja (IPA [ˈnĩɲʝa]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #10,385 among 1,151 “N” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for ninja, with forms such as "innja", "nijna", and "ninaj". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 18 confusable-pair relationships, "niño", "Niza", "nunca", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is ninja, spelled N-I-N-J-A.
Definition
- 1Mercenario entrenado especialmente en formas no ortodoxas de hacer la guerra, en las que se incluía el asesinato, espionaje, sabotaje, reconocimiento y guerra de guerrillas, con el afán de desestabilizar al ejército enemigo, obtener información vital de la posición de sus tropas o lograr una ventaja importante que pudiera ser decisiva en el campo de batalla.
- 2Persona que tiene gran habilidad o destreza en un determinado oficio.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- innja
- nijna
- ninaj
- ninjja
- ninnja
- nnija
- nninja
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ninja - 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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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).