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nueve

nueve is Spanish for nine.

What nueve means

num. · #398

nine

Example: Tiene nueve años.

She is nine years old.

How common is it?

nueve is ranked #398 of the 500 most common Spanish words. It sits in the second half of the list: still everyday vocabulary, but you will meet it less often than the first two hundred.

Nearby on the frequency list

Words with a similar frequency to nueve — learning them together is more efficient than learning them alphabetically.

• seis — six
• siete — seven
• ocho — eight
• diez — ten
• cien — hundred
• mil — thousand

See all 500 most common Spanish words

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Compiled and checked by the Flipkado team · Last updated 2026-08-22