ramen

/[ˈramẽn]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#35,714

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

6

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

ramen is aSpanishnoun. It means: Plato de fideos japonés heredado de la cocina china, servido en un caldo preparado comúnmente a base de hueso de cerdo o pollo y distintas verduras. Pronounced [ˈramẽn]. Often confused with ren and ran.

Key facts for ramen
PropertyValue
Headwordramen
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈramẽn]
Letters5
Frequency rank#35,714
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for ramen is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈramẽn]. Corpus data places it at rank #35,714 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Plato de fideos japonés heredado de la cocina china, servido en un caldo preparado comúnmente a base de hueso de cerdo o pollo y distintas verduras.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 6 documented wrong-spelling variants for ramen, with forms such as "raemn", "ramenn", and "rammen". 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, "ren", "ran", "ramo", 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 ramen, spelled R-A-M-E-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Plato de fideos japonés heredado de la cocina china, servido en un caldo preparado comúnmente a base de hueso de cerdo o pollo y distintas verduras.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: raemn,ramenn,rammen,ramne,rmaen,rramen

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for ramen

Misspelling Variants of "ramen"

raemn5ramenn6rammen6ramne5rmaen5rramen6
Misspelling Variants of "ramen"

Frequency rank: #35,714 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "ramen"?
"ramen" is spelled R-A-M-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈramẽn].
What does "ramen" mean?
As a noun, "ramen" means: Plato de fideos japonés heredado de la cocina china, servido en un caldo preparado comúnmente a base de hueso de cerdo o pollo y distintas verduras.
What words are commonly confused with "ramen"?
"ramen" is commonly confused with "ren", "ran", "ramo". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "ramen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ramen" is [ˈramẽn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ramen" come from?
"ramen" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Spanish words

Other entries that begin with the letter R in our Spanish index:

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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.