nocturno

Name: nocturno, Spanish Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

[nokˈt̪uɾno]

/[nokˈt̪uɾno]/ adj

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“nocturno” has 12 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #6,930. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#6,930
frequency rank, Spanish: 1,151
“N” headwords: 12
tracked misspellings: 3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Que pertenece o concierne a la noche.

Corpus desk

Index ES-nocturno · nocturno · Spanish

nocturno · rank #6,930 · 12 variants · 3 confusables

FREQ-COMMON #6,930
LEN-LONG 8 letters
VOW-3 3 vowels
CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
VAR-MID 12 variants
BOOK-MID 1,151
PHOTO-FINISH ocurren

Nearest frequency peer: ocurren (+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.

museos

93,074
narcotráfico

93,073
nocturno

93,071
ocurren

93,070
ordenar

93,069
orejas

93,068

What this shows “nocturno” 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).

nocturno vs nocturnos

89% similar

nocturno vs nocturna

88% similar

nocturno vs nocturnas

78% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for nocturno
Property	Value
Headword	nocturno
Language	Spanish
Part of speech	Adjective
IPA	[nokˈt̪uɾno]
Letters	8
Frequency rank	#6,930
Misspellings tracked	12
Confusable pairs	3
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “nocturno”

Esta escala corre desde el núcleo del español cotidiano (izquierda) hasta el rastro de formas rara vez usadas (derecha).nocturnocae aquí:

#6,930

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Los ticks avanzan en logaritmo; cada uno es del orden de diez veces más raro. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “ocurren” (#6,931), “narcotráfico” (#6,928), “ordenar” (#6,932). Entre 1,151 lemas con “N”, “nocturno” va en #6,930. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around nocturno (IPA [nokˈt̪uɾno]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #6,930 among 1,151 “N” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for nocturno, with forms such as "ncoturno", "nnocturno", and "noccturno". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "nocturnos", "nocturna", "nocturnas", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is nocturno, spelled N-O-C-T-U-R-N-O.

Definition

1
Que pertenece o concierne a la noche.
2
Que ocurre o se hace durante la noche.
3
Se dice de las plantas y árboles que abren sus flores durante la noche.
4
Se dice de los animales que se vuelven activos durante la noche.
5
Que se aparta de la gente y demuestra melancolía y tristeza.

Antonyms

diurno

This word in other languages

nocturnal(English)nocturne(Français)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

ncoturno
nnocturno
noccturno
noctruno
noctturno
noctunro
nocturnno
nocturon
nocturrno
nocutrno
notcurno
oncturno

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of nocturno - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

Edit distance from "nocturno"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "nocturno"?

"nocturno" is spelled N-O-C-T-U-R-N-O. The IPA pronunciation is [nokˈt̪uɾno].

What does "nocturno" mean?

As an adjective, "nocturno" means: Que pertenece o concierne a la noche.

What words are commonly confused with "nocturno"?

"nocturno" is commonly confused with "nocturnos", "nocturna", "nocturnas". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "nocturno"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "nocturno" is [nokˈt̪uɾno]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "nocturno" come from?

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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "nocturno", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

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