maya
[ˈmaʝa]
The verdict
“maya” is a regularly-used Spanish word, ranked #5,410 in Spanish word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #5,410
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4
- letters
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Se dice de la persona perteneciente a la cultura mesoamericana precolombina que habitó el sureste de México y Centroamérica entre los siglos IV y X a.C., o descendiente de aquella gente.
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 | maya |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈmaʝa] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #5,410 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “maya” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for maya is 4 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈmaʝa]. Corpus data places it at rank #5,410 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for maya, with forms such as "amya", "maay", and "mayya". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "my", "muy", "mia", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is maya, spelled M-A-Y-A.
Definition
- 1Se dice de la persona perteneciente a la cultura mesoamericana precolombina que habitó el sureste de México y Centroamérica entre los siglos IV y X a.C., o descendiente de aquella gente.
- 2Se dice de algo que proviene o tiene relación con la cultura mesoamericana precolombina que habitó el sureste de México y Centroamérica entre los siglos IV y X a.C.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: amya,maay,mayya,mmaya,myaa
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of maya - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 “maya”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is M-A-Y-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈmaʝa] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “my” - see the side-by-side comparison. maya vs my
- 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.