Mixe
/ˈmiˌheɪ/
"mixe" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Mixe” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 4
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An indigenous people of Oaxaca in Mexico.
Corpus desk
Index EN-mixe · Mixe · English
Mixe · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "M" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Mixe |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈmiˌheɪ/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Mixe” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Mixe is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈmiˌheɪ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "An indigenous people of Oaxaca in Mexico.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Mixe, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct English form is Mixe, spelled M-I-X-E.
Definition
- 1An indigenous people of Oaxaca in Mexico.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Mixe appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Victor told me that a group of Mixes had set up a large workshop near the city of Oaxaca, where they made wood carvings using a variety of machines. The workshop was run by Noel Martinez, a Mixe entrepreneur who had been in charge of[…]
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.