noche

/[ˈnot͡ʃe]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#224

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

15

similar word pairs

noche is aSpanishnoun. It means: Tiempo entre dos días que coincide con el momento durante el cual el sol no da su luz Pronounced [ˈnot͡ʃe]. It ranks #224 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with Noé and note.

Key facts for noche
PropertyValue
Headwordnoche
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈnot͡ʃe]
Letters5
Frequency rank#224
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs15
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for noche is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈnot͡ʃe]. Corpus data places it at rank #224 in overall Spanish word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 3 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 noche, with forms such as "ncohe", "nnoche", and "nocche". 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 15 confusable-pair relationships, "Noé", "note", "nose", 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 noche, spelled N-O-C-H-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Tiempo entre dos días que coincide con el momento durante el cual el sol no da su luz
  2. 2
    Tiempo o clima que hace durante ese momento. Hacer buena o mala noche
  3. 3
    Desconcierto, oscuridad o pena.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ncohe,nnoche,nocche,noceh,nochhe,nohce,onche

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for noche

Misspelling Variants of "noche"

ncohe5nnoche6nocche6noceh5nochhe6nohce5onche5
Misspelling Variants of "noche"

Frequency rank: #224 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "noche"?
"noche" is spelled N-O-C-H-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈnot͡ʃe].
What does "noche" mean?
As a noun, "noche" means: Tiempo entre dos días que coincide con el momento durante el cual el sol no da su luz
What words are commonly confused with "noche"?
"noche" is commonly confused with "Noé", "note", "nose". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "noche"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "noche" is [ˈnot͡ʃe]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "noche" come from?
"noche" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Spanish words

Other entries that begin with the letter N in our Spanish index:

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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.