Minnesota

/ˌmɪnɪˈsoʊtə/

//ˌmɪnɪˈsoʊtə// name

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"minnesota" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“Minnesota” has 11 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #4,254. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#4,254
frequency rank, English
4,057
“M” headwords
11
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A state in the Upper Midwest region of the United States. Capital: Saint Paul. Largest city: Minneapolis.

Corpus desk

Index EN-minnesota · Minnesota · English

Minnesota · rank #4,254 · 11 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #4,254
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,057
  • PHOTO-FINISH midnight

Nearest frequency peer: midnight (-1 rank slots)

Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Rank peers near misspelling magnet “Minnesota”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “Minnesota” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Minnesota
PropertyValue
HeadwordMinnesota
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechProper noun
IPA/ˌmɪnɪˈsoʊtə/
Letters9
Frequency rank#4,254
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “Minnesota”

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).Minnesotalands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Same rarity band neighbours include “midnight” (#4,253), “mouse” (#4,255), “Massachusetts” (#4,252). Among 4,057 “M” headwords, “Minnesota” is #4,254. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around Minnesota (IPA /ˌmɪnɪˈsoʊtə/), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #4,254 among 4,057 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for Minnesota, with forms such as "imnnesota", "minensota", and "minesota". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Lakota mní šóta (literally “cloudy water”). The correct English form is Minnesota, spelled M-I-N-N-E-S-O-T-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    A state in the Upper Midwest region of the United States. Capital: Saint Paul. Largest city: Minneapolis.
  2. 2
    A tributary of the Mississippi River in southern Minnesota.
  3. 3
    A former territory (1849–1858) of the United States, encompassing the modern state and part of the Dakotas. Capital: Saint Paul.
  4. 4
    The University of Minnesota, Twin Cities.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Minnesota appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. “I think allowing this moniker, ‘Defund the police,’ to ever get out there, was not a good thing,” Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison (D) told The Washington Post’s Dave Weigel on Thursday.
  2. The vote was 213-209 along party lines. Republican members of the House Ethics Committee – Michael Guest of Mississippi, Dave Joyce of Ohio, Andrew Garbarino of New York, John Rutherford of Florida and Michelle Fischbach of Minnesota – voted present. GOP Rep. Ken Buck of Colorado also voted present but he is not on the Ethics Committee.

Etymology

From Lakota mní šóta (literally “cloudy water”).

This word in other languages

Minnesota(Español)Minnesota(Français)Minnesota(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • imnnesota
  • minensota
  • minesota
  • minneosta
  • minnesoat
  • minnesotta
  • minnessota
  • minnestoa
  • minnseota
  • mminnesota
  • mninesota

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Minnesota - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

imnnesota2minensota2minesota1minneosta2minnesoat2minnesotta1minnessota1minnestoa2
Edit distance from "Minnesota"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Minnesota"?
"Minnesota" is spelled M-I-N-N-E-S-O-T-A. The IPA pronunciation is /ˌmɪnɪˈsoʊtə/.
What does "Minnesota" mean?
As a proper noun, "Minnesota" means: A state in the Upper Midwest region of the United States. Capital: Saint Paul. Largest city: Minneapolis.
What are common misspellings of "Minnesota"?
Common misspellings include "imnnesota", "minensota", "minesota", "minneosta", "minnesoat". The correct spelling is "Minnesota".
How do you pronounce "Minnesota"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Minnesota" is /ˌmɪnɪˈsoʊtə/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What is the origin of the word "Minnesota"?
From Lakota mní šóta (literally “cloudy water”). See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Minnesota", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list