muy
/mʊi/
"muy" is a 3-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“muy” is uncommon English (frequency #55,609 among 4,057 “M” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,609
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Very.
Corpus desk
Index EN-muy · muy · English
muy · rank #55,609 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #55,609
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH Nandi
Nearest frequency peer: Nandi (+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.
Long-tail ranks near “muy”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- multivitamin
multivitamin
44,395 corpus weight
- Murata
Murata
44,394 corpus weight
- muy
muy
44,392 corpus weight
- Nandi
Nandi
44,391 corpus weight
- Nanette
Nanette
44,390 corpus weight
- Nass
Nass
44,389 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “muy” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | muy |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | /mʊi/ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #55,609 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “muy” in English
Rare enough to double-check
muy is uncommon English at frequency #55,609 among 4,057 “M” headwords, classed as anadverb, transcribed /mʊi/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Very.".
Zero misspellings are on record for muy in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Spanish muy. The correct English form is muy, spelled M-U-Y.
Definition
- 1Very.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how muy appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Spacehog are a perfectly nice band, with pleasantly strummed guitars, a crisp pop sensibility, and muy cute vocals on this side of awkward, but after Blur, Ride, Lush, Oasis, Stone Roses, Elastica, and what have you, Resident Alien is just the proverbial straw on this overworked and overbroke camel's back.
In her rosy two-piece traveling outfit, Adela looks muy cute as she walks toward us.
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish muy.
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.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).