Mia

/[ˈmiːa]/ name

Letters

3 characters

Frequency Rank

#7,365

in German word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

Mia is aGermanname. It means: weiblicher Vorname Pronounced [ˈmiːa]. It ranks #7,365 in German word frequency. Often confused with mm and my.

Key facts for Mia
PropertyValue
HeadwordMia
LanguageGerman
Part of speechName
IPA[ˈmiːa]
Letters3
Frequency rank#7,365
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Mia in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Mia is 3 letters long, classified as aname, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈmiːa]. Corpus data places it at rank #7,365 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "weiblicher Vorname".

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for Mia in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable German patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "mm", "my", "Mr", 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 German form is Mia, spelled M-I-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    weiblicher Vorname

Frequency rank: #7,365 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Mia"?
"Mia" is spelled M-I-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈmiːa].
What does "Mia" mean?
As a name, "Mia" means: weiblicher Vorname
What words are commonly confused with "Mia"?
"Mia" is commonly confused with "mm", "my", "Mr". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Mia"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Mia" is [ˈmiːa]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Mia" come from?
"Mia" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby German words

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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.