nude

/[ˈnuð̞e]/ noun

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#43,741

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

5

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

nude is aSpanishnoun. It means: Fotografía en la que aparece una persona desnuda o semidesnuda. Pronounced [ˈnuð̞e]. Often confused with num and nue.

Key facts for nude
PropertyValue
Headwordnude
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈnuð̞e]
Letters4
Frequency rank#43,741
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for nude is 4 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈnuð̞e]. Corpus data places it at rank #43,741 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Fotografía en la que aparece una persona desnuda o semidesnuda.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 5 documented wrong-spelling variants for nude, with forms such as "ndue", "nnude", and "nudde". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "num", "nue", "nun", 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 nude, spelled N-U-D-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Fotografía en la que aparece una persona desnuda o semidesnuda.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ndue,nnude,nudde,nued,unde

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for nude

Misspelling Variants of "nude"

ndue4nnude5nudde5nued4unde4
Misspelling Variants of "nude"

Frequency rank: #43,741 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "nude"?
"nude" is spelled N-U-D-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈnuð̞e].
What does "nude" mean?
As a noun, "nude" means: Fotografía en la que aparece una persona desnuda o semidesnuda.
What words are commonly confused with "nude"?
"nude" is commonly confused with "num", "nue", "nun". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "nude"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "nude" is [ˈnuð̞e]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "nude" come from?
"nude" 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.