Maus
/maʊ̯s/
The verdict
“Maus” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #82,191 among 36,142 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #82,191
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 36,142
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Ratón.
Corpus desk
Index ES-maus · Maus · Spanish
Maus · rank #82,191 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #82,191
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 36,142
- PHOTO-FINISH Mazzini
Nearest frequency peer: Mazzini (+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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Maus”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Matehuala
Matehuala
17,814 corpus weight
- Maus
Maus
17,810 corpus weight
- Mazzini
Mazzini
17,809 corpus weight
- mecanizados
mecanizados
17,808 corpus weight
- medicado
medicado
17,807 corpus weight
- meetings
meetings
17,806 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Maus” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Maus |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /maʊ̯s/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #82,191 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Maus” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Maus is uncommon Spanish at frequency #82,191 among 36,142 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /maʊ̯s/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for Maus in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is Maus, spelled M-A-U-S.
Definition
- 1Ratón.
- 2Ratón.
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
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.