nestes

//ˈneʃ.t͡ʃiʃ// contraction

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#4,165

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

3

similar word pairs

nestes is aPortuguesecontraction. It means: contração da preposição em com o pronome demonstrativo estes Pronounced /ˈneʃ.t͡ʃiʃ/. It ranks #4,165 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with nest and nesses.

Key facts for nestes
PropertyValue
Headwordnestes
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechContraction
IPA/ˈneʃ.t͡ʃiʃ/
Letters6
Frequency rank#4,165
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of nestes in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for nestes is 6 letters long, classified as acontraction, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈneʃ.t͡ʃiʃ/. Corpus data places it at rank #4,165 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "contração da preposição em com o pronome demonstrativo estes".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for nestes, with forms such as "enstes", "nesets", and "nesstes". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "nest", "nesses", "nessas", 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 Portuguese form is nestes, spelled N-E-S-T-E-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    contração da preposição em com o pronome demonstrativo estes

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: enstes,nesets,nesstes,nestess,nestse,nesttes,netses,nnestes,nsetes

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for nestes

Misspelling Variants of "nestes"

enstes6nesets6nesstes7nestess7nestse6nesttes7netses6nnestes7
Misspelling Variants of "nestes"

Frequency rank: #4,165 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "nestes"?
"nestes" is spelled N-E-S-T-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈneʃ.t͡ʃiʃ/.
What does "nestes" mean?
As a contraction, "nestes" means: contração da preposição em com o pronome demonstrativo estes
What words are commonly confused with "nestes"?
"nestes" is commonly confused with "nest", "nesses", "nessas". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "nestes"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "nestes" is /ˈneʃ.t͡ʃiʃ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "nestes" come from?
"nestes" is a Portuguese 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.