mainland
/ˈmeɪ̪nlənd/
The verdict
“mainland” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #89,068 among 3,868 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #89,068
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3,868
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Parte principal de tierra de un país o un continente excluyendo las islas pequeñas.
Corpus desk
Index ES-mainland · mainland · Spanish
mainland · rank #89,068 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #89,068
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,868
- PHOTO-FINISH maire
Nearest frequency peer: maire (+2 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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “mainland”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- macabeos
macabeos
10,938 corpus weight
- maco
maco
10,937 corpus weight
- macumba
macumba
10,936 corpus weight
- mainland
mainland
10,933 corpus weight
- maire
maire
10,931 corpus weight
- malvas
malvas
10,929 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “mainland” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mainland |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈmeɪ̪nlənd/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #89,068 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “mainland” en español
Rare enough to double-check
mainland is uncommon Spanish at frequency #89,068 among 3,868 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈmeɪ̪nlənd/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Parte principal de tierra de un país o un continente excluyendo las islas pequeñas.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for mainland, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is mainland, spelled M-A-I-N-L-A-N-D.
Definition
- 1Parte principal de tierra de un país o un continente excluyendo las islas pequeñas.
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.
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