nombre

/[ˈnõmbɾe]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#202

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

9

similar word pairs

nombre is aSpanishnoun. It means: En general, palabra que designa una entidad o condición. Pronounced [ˈnõmbɾe]. It ranks #202 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with nome and notre.

Key facts for nombre
PropertyValue
Headwordnombre
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈnõmbɾe]
Letters6
Frequency rank#202
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for nombre is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈnõmbɾe]. Corpus data places it at rank #202 in overall Spanish word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for nombre, with forms such as "nmobre", "nnombre", and "nobmre". 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 9 confusable-pair relationships, "nome", "notre", "nombro", 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 nombre, spelled N-O-M-B-R-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    En general, palabra que designa una entidad o condición.
  2. 2
    Particularmente, la que designa a una entidad en particular y no a una clase de las mismas.
  3. 3
    Clase de palabras que pueden servir como el sujeto de una frase, el complemento de un verbo o el argumento de una preposición.
  4. 4
    Clave o distintivo que se da a alguno para permitirle acceso a un lugar o información restringida.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: nmobre,nnombre,nobmre,nombbre,nomber,nombrre,nommbre,nomrbe,nomvre,onmbre

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for nombre

Misspelling Variants of "nombre"

nmobre6nnombre7nobmre6nombbre7nomber6nombrre7nommbre7nomrbe6
Misspelling Variants of "nombre"

Frequency rank: #202 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "nombre"?
"nombre" is spelled N-O-M-B-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈnõmbɾe].
What does "nombre" mean?
As a noun, "nombre" means: En general, palabra que designa una entidad o condición.
What words are commonly confused with "nombre"?
"nombre" is commonly confused with "nome", "notre", "nombro". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "nombre"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "nombre" is [ˈnõmbɾe]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "nombre" come from?
"nombre" 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.