mayo
[ˈmaʝo]
The verdict
“mayo” is in the everyday core of Spanish, ranked #503 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #503
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4
- letters
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Según los calendarios juliano y gregoriano, quinto mes del año.
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 | mayo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈmaʝo] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #503 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “mayo” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for mayo is 4 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈmaʝo]. Corpus data places it at rank #503 in overall Spanish word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language. Wiktionary records 6 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 mayo, with forms such as "amyo", "maoy", and "mayyo". 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, "my", "mo", "muy", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
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 mayo, spelled M-A-Y-O.
Definition
- 1Según los calendarios juliano y gregoriano, quinto mes del año.
- 2Árbol adornado en torno al cual danzan los jóvenes en los pueblos de España.
- 3Flores, adornos florales o ramos que los novios ponen en la puerta de la casa de las novias.
- 4(Icterus dominicensis) Pájaro caribeño de color amarillo.
- 5Música con la que los mozos saludan a sus novias las últimas noches de abril, en los pueblos de España.
- 6Muchacho que acompañaba y servía a la maya, joven elegida por su belleza.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: amyo,maoy,mayyo,mmayo,myao
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of mayo - 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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Using “mayo”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is M-A-Y-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈmaʝo] (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. mayo 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.