maíz
[maˈis]
The verdict
“maíz” has 5 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #4,806. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #4,806
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 36,142
- “M” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - (Zea mays) Planta anual, herbácea, de la familia de las poáceas, originaria de América y hoy cultivada en todo el mundo como alimento. Tiene tallos erectos, en forma de caña, de hasta 3 m de altura...
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 | maíz |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [maˈis] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #4,806 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “maíz” sits in Spanish frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around maíz (IPA [maˈis]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #4,806 among 36,142 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for maíz, with forms such as "amíz", "mazí", and "maízz". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "mi", "más", "mal", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is maíz, spelled M-A-Í-Z.
Definition
- 1(Zea mays) Planta anual, herbácea, de la familia de las poáceas, originaria de América y hoy cultivada en todo el mundo como alimento. Tiene tallos erectos, en forma de caña, de hasta 3 m de altura, hojas densamente apretadas que protegen las inflorescencias femeninas y un penacho terminal de flores masculinas. La espádice femenina se transforma en un fruto compuesto llamado mazorca, con los granos dispuestos en hileras sobre un eje leñoso
- 2Grano o mazorca de maíz₁, empleado como alimento
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- amíz
- mazí
- maízz
- mmaíz
- míaz
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of maíz - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Using “maíz”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is M-A-Í-Z - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [maˈis] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “mi” - see the side-by-side comparison. maíz vs mi
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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Data Source
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.