United Mexican States

/juːˌnaɪtɨd ˈmɛk.sɪ.kən ˈsteɪts/

//juːˌnaɪtɨd ˈmɛk.sɪ.kən ˈsteɪts// name

"united-mexican-states" is a 19-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“United Mexican States” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
21
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Official name of Mexico: a country in North America.

Corpus desk

Index EN-united-mexican-states · United Mexican States · English

United Mexican States · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 21 letters
  • VOW-8 8 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "U" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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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.

Key facts for United Mexican States
PropertyValue
HeadwordUnited Mexican States
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechProper noun
IPA/juːˌnaɪtɨd ˈmɛk.sɪ.kən ˈsteɪts/
Letters21
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “United Mexican States” in English

United Mexican Statesranks outside the top 100,000 English headwords, in the long tail of specialist, archaic, or seldom-used vocabulary, exactly the territory where a reader stops mid-sentence to double-check spelling.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

United Mexican States is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /juːˌnaɪtɨd ˈmɛk.sɪ.kən ˈsteɪts/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Official name of Mexico: a country in North America.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for United Mexican States, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Etymologically, the entry records: Calque of Spanish Estados Unidos Mexicanos The correct English form is United Mexican States, spelled U-N-I-T-E-D- -M-E-X-I-C-A-N- -S-T-A-T-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Official name of Mexico: a country in North America.

Etymology

Calque of Spanish Estados Unidos Mexicanos

This word in other languages

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "United Mexican States"?
"United Mexican States" is spelled U-N-I-T-E-D- -M-E-X-I-C-A-N- -S-T-A-T-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is /juːˌnaɪtɨd ˈmɛk.sɪ.kən ˈsteɪts/.
What does "United Mexican States" mean?
As a proper noun, "United Mexican States" means: Official name of Mexico: a country in North America.
How do you pronounce "United Mexican States"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "United Mexican States" is /juːˌnaɪtɨd ˈmɛk.sɪ.kən ˈsteɪts/. 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 "United Mexican States"?
Calque of Spanish Estados Unidos Mexicanos See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list