núcleo

/[ˈnukleo]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#4,732

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

3

similar word pairs

núcleo is aSpanishnoun. It means: Lo que está en el medio de algo, parte central o medular. Pronounced [ˈnukleo]. It ranks #4,732 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with nulo and núcleos.

Key facts for núcleo
PropertyValue
Headwordnúcleo
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈnukleo]
Letters6
Frequency rank#4,732
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for núcleo is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈnukleo]. Corpus data places it at rank #4,732 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 14 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for núcleo, with forms such as "ncúleo", "nnúcleo", and "núccleo". 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, "nulo", "núcleos", "nuclear", 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 núcleo, spelled N-Ú-C-L-E-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Lo que está en el medio de algo, parte central o medular.
  2. 2
    Lo más importante, central, medular de algo.
  3. 3
    Conjunto de personas unidas por un interés común u otro tipo de afinidad o característica común.
  4. 4
    Conjunto de viviendas de un determinado lugar.
  5. 5
    Conjunto de cosas con características comunes.
  6. 6
    Parte dura y no comestible de ciertas frutas.
  7. 7
    Parte comestible de nueces, avellanas, almendras y frutos similares.
  8. 8
    En algunos partidos y movimientos políticos, agrupación de base de los militantes.
  9. 9
    Parte central del átomo compuesta por protones y neutrones.
  10. 10
    Parte central de la Tierra.
  11. 11
    Parte central de un astro.
  12. 12
    Parte central del sintagma.
  13. 13
    Parte central y redondeada de la célula eucariota, separada del citoplasma por una membrana nuclear, que contiene el nucleoplasma, nucléolo y ADN.
  14. 14
    En una matriz o una transformación lineal, conjunto de vectores que al multiplicar a la matriz de transformación producen el vector nulo.

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ncúleo,nnúcleo,núccleo,núcelo,núclleo,núcloe,núlceo,úncleo

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for núcleo

Misspelling Variants of "núcleo"

ncúleo6nnúcleo7núccleo7núcelo6núclleo7núcloe6núlceo6úncleo6
Misspelling Variants of "núcleo"

Frequency rank: #4,732 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "núcleo"?
"núcleo" is spelled N-Ú-C-L-E-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈnukleo].
What does "núcleo" mean?
As a noun, "núcleo" means: Lo que está en el medio de algo, parte central o medular.
What words are commonly confused with "núcleo"?
"núcleo" is commonly confused with "nulo", "núcleos", "nuclear". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "núcleo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "núcleo" is [ˈnukleo]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "núcleo" come from?
"núcleo" 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. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.