Maipú
The verdict
“Maipú” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #25,344 in Spanish word frequency and used as a proper noun.
- #25,344
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 5
- letters
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 18
- confusable pairs
Dominant Wiktionary sense: Ciudad de la provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina, cabecera del partido del mismo nombre. Su gentilicio es maipuense.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Maipú |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [majˈpu] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #25,344 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 18 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Maipú” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for Maipú is 5 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [majˈpu]. Corpus data places it at rank #25,344 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for Maipú, with forms such as "amipú", "maippú", and "maiúp". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 18 confusable-pair relationships, "map", "mau", "mapa", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is Maipú, spelled M-A-I-P-Ú, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1Ciudad de la provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina, cabecera del partido del mismo nombre. Su gentilicio es maipuense.
- 2Partido de la provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina
- 3Ciudad de la provincia de Mendoza, Argentina, cabecera del departamento del mismo nombre.
- 4Departamento de la provincia de Mendoza, Argentina.
- 5Departamento de la provincia del Chaco, Argentina.
- 6Comuna de Santiago de Chile. Su gentilicio es Maipucino/na.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: amipú,maippú,maiúp,mapiú,miapú,mmaipú
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Maipú — measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
Edit distance from "Maipú"
Frequency rank: #25,344 in Spanish
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Using “Maipú”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is M-A-I-P-Ú — every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [majˈpu] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “map” — see the side-by-side comparison. Maipú vs map
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
Nearby Spanish words
Other entries that begin with the letter M in our Spanish index: