mamá
[maˈma]
The verdict
“mamá” has 5 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #866. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #866
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3,868
- “M” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mujer con quien alguien tiene una relación filial, especialmente si fue engendrado por ella.
Corpus desk
Index ES-mama · mamá · Spanish
mamá · rank #866 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #866
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,868
- PHOTO-FINISH llamada
Nearest frequency peer: llamada (-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.
Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “mamá”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- actualmente
actualmente
99,138 corpus weight
- creer
creer
99,137 corpus weight
- llamada
llamada
99,136 corpus weight
- mamá
mamá
99,135 corpus weight
- participaci…
participación
99,134 corpus weight
- sangre
sangre
99,133 corpus weight
What this shows “mamá” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.
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 | mamá |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [maˈma] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #866 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “mamá”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around mamá (IPA [maˈma]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #866 among 3,868 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for mamá, with forms such as "ammá", "mammá", and "maám". 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, "mm", "más", "mar", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is mamá, spelled M-A-M-Á.
Definition
- 1Mujer con quien alguien tiene una relación filial, especialmente si fue engendrado por ella.
- 2Persona o animal del sexo femenino que ha concebido o tenido uno o más hijos.
- 3Fórmula de cariño (vocativo) para dirigirse a una niña pequeña.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how mamá appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Estoy contando esta historia por mi madre. Mi mamá y mi papá estaban pasando por un tiempo difícil. Mi papá le había sido infiel a mi mamá y se habían separado.
Se acercó con cautela y... ¡sorpresa! Era una mamá jirafa con sus dos hijitas que aparentemente acababan de nacer.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ammá
- mammá
- maám
- mmamá
- mmaá
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of mamá - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "mamá", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).