nuevo rico
[ˈnweβ̞o ˈriko]
The verdict
“nuevo rico” is outside the top-ranked Spanish vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Una persona que anteriormente pertenecía a un menor extracto social, pero que recientemente logró enriquecerse y alcanzar la movilidad social, y por lo tanto no tiene el refinamiento y las costumbr...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | nuevo rico |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈnweβ̞o ˈriko] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “nuevo rico” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for nuevo rico is 10 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈnweβ̞o ˈriko]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Una persona que anteriormente pertenecía a un menor extracto social, pero que recientemente logró enriquecerse y alcanzar la movilidad social, y por lo tanto no tiene el refinamiento y las costumbr...".
Zero misspellings are on record for nuevo rico in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is nuevo rico, spelled N-U-E-V-O- -R-I-C-O.
Definition
- 1Una persona que anteriormente pertenecía a un menor extracto social, pero que recientemente logró enriquecerse y alcanzar la movilidad social, y por lo tanto no tiene el refinamiento y las costumbres características de las personas que nacieron ricas.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “nuevo rico”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is N-U-E-V-O- -R-I-C-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈnweβ̞o ˈriko] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.