maxilares
[maksiˈlaɾes]
The verdict
“maxilares” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #67,916 among 36,142 “M” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #67,916
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 36,142
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Forma del plural de maxilar.
Corpus desk
Index ES-maxilares · maxilares · Spanish
maxilares · rank #67,916 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #67,916
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 36,142
- PHOTO-FINISH marchaste
Nearest frequency peer: marchaste (-2 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 “maxilares”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- manipularon
manipularon
32,091 corpus weight
- maravedíes
maravedíes
32,088 corpus weight
- marchaste
marchaste
32,087 corpus weight
- maxilares
maxilares
32,085 corpus weight
- membrete
membrete
32,081 corpus weight
- mesiánica
mesiánica
32,079 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “maxilares” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | maxilares |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [maksiˈlaɾes] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #67,916 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “maxilares” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
maxilares is uncommon Spanish at frequency #67,916 among 36,142 “M” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [maksiˈlaɾes]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Forma del plural de maxilar.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for maxilares in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is maxilares, spelled M-A-X-I-L-A-R-E-S.
Definition
- 1Forma del plural de maxilar.
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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Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 9 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.