Español homophones
mejicano/mexicano
"mexicano" (#1,554 written frequency) beats "mejicano" (#40,951) in this 2-word /mexiˈkano/ cluster. Size rank #33 of 387 Spanish groups.
Data vintage
Frequency splits the cluster
These 2 spellings keep the same /mexiˈkano/ reading, but written frequency splits them hard: "mexicano" leads at #1,554, with "mejicano" trailing at #40,951.
Spelling pairs in this cluster
- Shared stem "me" then splits - "mejicano" (8 letters) vs "mexicano" (8).
Orthographic DNA of this cluster
Shared letters across mejicano, mexicano: aceimno. Private letters are the ones only one spelling owns: the eye's fastest tell once sound is out of the picture.
mejicano
8 letters · 4 vowels · shape CVCVCVCV
Inventory aceijmno · private j
mexicano
8 letters · 4 vowels · shape CVCVCVCV
Inventory aceimnox · private x
Pick the spelling from the meaning
- Write "mejicano" when you mean: Grafía anticuada de mexicano
- Write "mexicano" when you mean: Originario, relativo a, o propio de México.
Known mistypes of these spellings
Edit-distance variants recorded against this cluster: useful when a search or OCR feed lands on the wrong form.