nutria
[ˈnut̪ɾja]
The verdict
“nutria” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #43,148 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #43,148
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6
- letters
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 12
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - (Familia Lutrinae) Cualquiera de trece especies de mamíferos carnívoros mustélidos, de hábitos acuáticos y cuerpo fusiforme, de tamaño variable según la especie. Poseen un tupido pelaje impermeable...
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 | nutria |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈnut̪ɾja] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #43,148 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 12 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “nutria” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for nutria is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈnut̪ɾja]. Corpus data places it at rank #43,148 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 3 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 nutria, with forms such as "nnutria", "nturia", and "nurtia". 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 12 confusable-pair relationships, "nutrir", "nutrido", "nutrida", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is nutria, spelled N-U-T-R-I-A.
Definition
- 1(Familia Lutrinae) Cualquiera de trece especies de mamíferos carnívoros mustélidos, de hábitos acuáticos y cuerpo fusiforme, de tamaño variable según la especie. Poseen un tupido pelaje impermeable y muy fino, que les permite conservar el calor del cuerpo, y una cola larga, que los ayuda en la natación. Son voraces predadores.
- 2La piel de este animal.
- 3(Myocastor coypus Molina) Por analogía, especie de roedor natural de Argentina y Chile. Es un equimíido de gran talla, hasta 10 kilos de peso, con cola larga y escamosa. El áspero pelo superior recubre un vello inferior de considerable valor comercial en peletería. Es de hábitos nocturnos.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: nnutria,nturia,nurtia,nutira,nutrai,nutrria,nuttria,untria
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of nutria - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Using “nutria”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is N-U-T-R-I-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈnut̪ɾja] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “nutrir” - see the side-by-side comparison. nutria vs nutrir
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.