non
[ˈnõn]
The verdict
“non” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #9,501) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #9,501
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 1,151
- “N” headwords
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dícese del número no divisible por dos.
Corpus desk
Index ES-non · non · Spanish
non · rank #9,501 · 0 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #9,501
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,151
- PHOTO-FINISH nacida
Nearest frequency peer: nacida (-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 “non”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Méndez
Méndez
90,502 corpus weight
- nacida
nacida
90,501 corpus weight
- non
non
90,500 corpus weight
- observador
observador
90,498 corpus weight
- octavo
octavo
90,497 corpus weight
- olvidemos
olvidemos
90,496 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “non” 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 | non |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈnõn] |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #9,501 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Dónde se sitúa “non” en la frecuencia del español
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for non is neighbouring look-alikes ("ny", "nu", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced [ˈnõn]. Frequency #9,501 among 1,151 “N” headwords. Gloss: "Dícese del número no divisible por dos.".
Zero misspellings are on record for non in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ny", "nu", "nt", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is non, spelled N-O-N.
Definition
- 1Dícese del número no divisible por dos.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how non appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
El número tres es non, pero diez es par.
Synonyms
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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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.