novela

/[noˈβ̞ela]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,687

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

16

similar word pairs

novela is aSpanishnoun. It means: Obra literaria que consiste en una narración de ficción, extensa, más larga que el cuento o los relatos breves, y que cuenta con un argumento elaborado referido a personajes, hechos y pasiones del ... Pronounced [noˈβ̞ela]. It ranks #1,687 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with novia and Novoa.

Key facts for novela
PropertyValue
Headwordnovela
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[noˈβ̞ela]
Letters6
Frequency rank#1,687
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs16
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for novela is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [noˈβ̞ela]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,687 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for novela, with forms such as "nnovela", "nobela", and "noevla". 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 16 confusable-pair relationships, "novia", "Novoa", "novena", 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 novela, spelled N-O-V-E-L-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Obra literaria que consiste en una narración de ficción, extensa, más larga que el cuento o los relatos breves, y que cuenta con un argumento elaborado referido a personajes, hechos y pasiones del alma.
  2. 2
    Género literario de las obras de este tipo.
  3. 3
    Conjunto de obras literarias de este género que tienen en común una característica como el autor, la época, el país, entre otras.
  4. 4
    Acontecimientos reales con un desarrollo extraordinario.
  5. 5
    Relato ficticio o engañoso.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: nnovela,nobela,noevla,noveal,novella,novlea,novvela,nvoela,onvela

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for novela

Misspelling Variants of "novela"

nnovela7nobela6noevla6noveal6novella7novlea6novvela7nvoela6
Misspelling Variants of "novela"

Frequency rank: #1,687 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "novela"?
"novela" is spelled N-O-V-E-L-A. The IPA pronunciation is [noˈβ̞ela].
What does "novela" mean?
As a noun, "novela" means: Obra literaria que consiste en una narración de ficción, extensa, más larga que el cuento o los relatos breves, y que cuenta con un argumento elaborado referido a personajes, hechos y pasiones del ...
What words are commonly confused with "novela"?
"novela" is commonly confused with "novia", "Novoa", "novena". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "novela"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "novela" is [noˈβ̞ela]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "novela" come from?
"novela" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.