más
[ˈmas]
The verdict
“más” is in the everyday core of Spanish, ranked #24 in Spanish word frequency and used as an adverb.
- #24
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3
- letters
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - En comparación implícita o explícita, indica "mayor cantidad de, exceso, aumento, superioridad, preferencia". Comparativo irregular de mucho
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 | más |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | [ˈmas] |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #24 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “más” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for más is 3 letters long, classified as an adverb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈmas]. Corpus data places it at rank #24 in overall Spanish word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No generated misspelling entries exist for más in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "mi", "mm", "my", 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 pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is más, spelled M-Á-S.
Definition
- 1En comparación implícita o explícita, indica "mayor cantidad de, exceso, aumento, superioridad, preferencia". Comparativo irregular de mucho
- 2Comparativo irregular de muy (para exclamaciones ponderativas).
- 3En sentido negativo implica que no se repita una ejecución de algo o que se pare de hacer algo.
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This word in other languages
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 “más”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is M-Á-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈmas] (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. más vs mi
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.