ñire
[ˈɲiɾe]
The verdict
“ñire” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 4
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - (Nothofagus antarctica) Árbol caducifolio patagónico, nativo de la Patagonia, especialmente en áreas de los Andes y en la Isla de Tierra del Fuego. Alcanzan 10 a 25 m de altura, con troncos delgado...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ñire |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈɲiɾe] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “ñire” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
ñire is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈɲiɾe]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "(Nothofagus antarctica) Árbol caducifolio patagónico, nativo de la Patagonia, especialmente en áreas de los Andes y en la Isla de Tierra del Fuego. Alcanzan 10 a 25 m de altura, con troncos delgado...".
Zero misspellings are on record for ñire in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is ñire, spelled Ñ-I-R-E.
Definition
- 1(Nothofagus antarctica) Árbol caducifolio patagónico, nativo de la Patagonia, especialmente en áreas de los Andes y en la Isla de Tierra del Fuego. Alcanzan 10 a 25 m de altura, con troncos delgado, hojas simples y alternas, con el borde dentado y ondulado. La flor es poco llamativa. El fruto mide 6 mm, es muy fragante y está compuesto de 4 valvas que contienen tres nueces o hayucos.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “ñire”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is Ñ-I-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈɲiɾe] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- 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.