niños
[ˈniɲos]
The verdict
“niños” has 6 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #334. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #334
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 1,151
- “N” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Forma del plural de niño.
Corpus desk
Index ES-ninos · niños · Spanish
niños · rank #334 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #334
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,151
- PHOTO-FINISH nivel
Nearest frequency peer: nivel (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “niños”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- esas
esas
99,670 corpus weight
- nivel
nivel
99,668 corpus weight
- niños
niños
99,667 corpus weight
- seguro
seguro
99,666 corpus weight
- sería
sería
99,665 corpus weight
- Argentina
Argentina
99,664 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “niños” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | niños |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈniɲos] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #334 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Dónde se sitúa “niños” en la frecuencia del español
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around niños (IPA [ˈniɲos]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #334 among 1,151 “N” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Forma del plural de niño.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for niños, with forms such as "inños", "nioñs", and "niñoss". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "nudos", "Nixon", "nodos", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is niños, spelled N-I-Ñ-O-S.
Definition
- 1Forma del plural de niño.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- inños
- nioñs
- niñoss
- niñso
- nniños
- nñios
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of niños - 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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "niños", not the corpus desk frequency band.
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 (6 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "niños". Here's where to go from here.
- "niños" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "nudos". View pair
- 6 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #334 among Spanish headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more Spanish words in the "N" letter cohort. N–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.