m
[ˈeme]
The verdict
“m” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #434) as a character. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #434
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 36,142
- “M” headwords
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Decimotercera letra del alfabeto español y décima consonante. Su nombre es eme.
Corpus desk
Index ES-m · m · Spanish
m · rank #434 · 0 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #434
- LEN-SHORT 1 letters
- VOW-0 0 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 36,142
- PHOTO-FINISH hola
Nearest frequency peer: hola (-1 rank slots)
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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “m”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- empresa
empresa
99,570 corpus weight
- especial
especial
99,569 corpus weight
- hola
hola
99,568 corpus weight
- m
m
99,567 corpus weight
- paz
paz
99,566 corpus weight
- policía
policía
99,565 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “m” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | m |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Character |
| IPA | [ˈeme] |
| Letters | 1 |
| Frequency rank | #434 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “m” sits in Spanish frequency
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for m is neighbouring look-alikes ("mi", "mm", …), not just typos; it is acharacter pronounced [ˈeme]. Frequency #434 among 36,142 “M” headwords. Gloss: "Decimotercera letra del alfabeto español y décima consonante. Su nombre es eme.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for m, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "mi", "mm", "my", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is m, spelled M.
Definition
- 1Decimotercera letra del alfabeto español y décima consonante. Su nombre es eme.
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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.