Which to use
“niegan” is a verb and “ningún” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #9,161
- “niegan” frequency rank
- #408
- “ningún” frequency rank
- 9569
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | niegan | ningún |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de negar o de negarse. | Variante de ninguno. |
Where the eye mixes niegan and ningún
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. niegan (CVVCVC) and ningún (CVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: niegan vs ningún
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: niegan is [ˈnjeɣ̞ãn] while ningún is [nĩŋˈgũn]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 9569, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
niegan is recorded at frequency rank #9,161, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈnjeɣ̞ãn]. ningún is at rank #408, tagged as anadj, pronounced [nĩŋˈgũn].
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 9569, this pair ranks #301,536 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of niegan vs ningún
Shared letters: gin. Private to "niegan": ae. Private to "ningún": ú.
"niegan" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC · "ningún" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- niegan ← inegan · neigan · nieagn · niegann · nieggan · niegna · nigean · nniegan
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "niegan" and "ningún" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "niegan" vs "ningún" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "niegan" and "ningún" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "niegan" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "ningún" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #301,536 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "niegan" and "ningún" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "niegan vs nietas". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #301,536 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.