maíz negro
[maˈis ˈneɣ̞ɾo]
The verdict
“maíz negro” is outside the top-ranked Spanish vocabulary, used as a phrase - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Maíz de color negro, debido a un alto contenido en antocianina (pigmento rojo azul que pertenece al grupo de los bioflavonoides).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | maíz negro |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [maˈis ˈneɣ̞ɾo] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “maíz negro” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for maíz negro is 10 letters long, classified as a phrase, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [maˈis ˈneɣ̞ɾo]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No misspelling variants are generated for maíz negro in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
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 maíz negro, spelled M-A-Í-Z- -N-E-G-R-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1Maíz de color negro, debido a un alto contenido en antocianina (pigmento rojo azul que pertenece al grupo de los bioflavonoides).
- 2(Pennisetum spicatum) o (Pennisetum glaucum) Variedad del mijo que se da en África de forma silvestre. Debido a su tolerancia a la sequedad se le cultiva en numerosas partes áridas y semiáridas del mundo, en donde es un alimento muy importante.
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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- The one correct Spanish spelling is M-A-Í-Z- -N-E-G-R-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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