ninja

/[ˈnĩɲʝa]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#10,385

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

18

similar word pairs

ninja is aSpanishnoun. It means: 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... Pronounced [ˈnĩɲʝa]. Often confused with niño and Niza.

Key facts for ninja
PropertyValue
Headwordninja
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈnĩɲʝa]
Letters5
Frequency rank#10,385
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs18
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for ninja is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈnĩɲʝa]. Corpus data places it at rank #10,385 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for ninja, with forms such as "innja", "nijna", and "ninaj". 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 18 confusable-pair relationships, "niño", "Niza", "nunca", 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 ninja, spelled N-I-N-J-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    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 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.
  2. 2
    Persona 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

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for ninja

Misspelling Variants of "ninja"

innja5nijna5ninaj5ninjja6ninnja6nnija5nninja6
Misspelling Variants of "ninja"

Frequency rank: #10,385 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "ninja"?
"ninja" is spelled N-I-N-J-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈnĩɲʝa].
What does "ninja" mean?
As a noun, "ninja" means: 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...
What words are commonly confused with "ninja"?
"ninja" is commonly confused with "niño", "Niza", "nunca". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "ninja"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ninja" is [ˈnĩɲʝa]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ninja" come from?
"ninja" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.