nutria

/[ˈnut̪ɾja]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#43,148

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

12

similar word pairs

nutria is aSpanishnoun. It means: (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... Pronounced [ˈnut̪ɾja]. Often confused with nutrir and nutrido.

Key facts for nutria
PropertyValue
Headwordnutria
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈnut̪ɾja]
Letters6
Frequency rank#43,148
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs12
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for nutria is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, 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 Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for nutria, with forms such as "nnutria", "nturia", and "nurtia". 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 12 confusable-pair relationships, "nutrir", "nutrido", "nutrida", 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 nutria, spelled N-U-T-R-I-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 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.
  2. 2
    La piel de este animal.
  3. 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.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: nnutria,nturia,nurtia,nutira,nutrai,nutrria,nuttria,untria

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for nutria

Misspelling Variants of "nutria"

nnutria7nturia6nurtia6nutira6nutrai6nutrria7nuttria7untria6
Misspelling Variants of "nutria"

Frequency rank: #43,148 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "nutria"?
"nutria" is spelled N-U-T-R-I-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈnut̪ɾja].
What does "nutria" mean?
As a noun, "nutria" means: (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...
What words are commonly confused with "nutria"?
"nutria" is commonly confused with "nutrir", "nutrido", "nutrida". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "nutria"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "nutria" is [ˈnut̪ɾja]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "nutria" come from?
"nutria" 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.