nombre

//ˈnɔm.bɾə// noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#44,996

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

4

similar word pairs

nombre is aPortuguesenoun. It means: número Pronounced /ˈnɔm.bɾə/. Often confused with nome and nobre.

Key facts for nombre
PropertyValue
Headwordnombre
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈnɔm.bɾə/
Letters6
Frequency rank#44,996
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for nombre is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈnɔm.bɾə/. Corpus data places it at rank #44,996 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "número".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for nombre, with forms such as "nmobre", "nnombre", and "nobmre". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "nome", "nobre", "noble", 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 Portuguese form is nombre, spelled N-O-M-B-R-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    número

Synonyms

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: nmobre,nnombre,nobmre,nombbre,nomber,nombrre,nommbre,nomrbe,onmbre

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for nombre

Misspelling Variants of "nombre"

nmobre6nnombre7nobmre6nombbre7nomber6nombrre7nommbre7nomrbe6
Misspelling Variants of "nombre"

Frequency rank: #44,996 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "nombre"?
"nombre" is spelled N-O-M-B-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈnɔm.bɾə/.
What does "nombre" mean?
As a noun, "nombre" means: número
What words are commonly confused with "nombre"?
"nombre" is commonly confused with "nome", "nobre", "noble". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "nombre"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "nombre" is /ˈnɔm.bɾə/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "nombre" come from?
"nombre" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Portuguese words

Other entries that begin with the letter N in our Portuguese 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.