mayonesa
[maʝoˈnesa]
The verdict
“mayonesa” has 11 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #19,173. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #19,173
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3,868
- “M” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Salsa emulsionada a base de huevo crudo, aceite, sal y algún líquido ácido (jugo de limón o vinagre).
Corpus desk
Index ES-mayonesa · mayonesa · Spanish
mayonesa · rank #19,173 · 11 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-MID #19,173
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,868
- PHOTO-FINISH matadero
Nearest frequency peer: matadero (-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.
Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “mayonesa”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- marquesa
marquesa
80,830 corpus weight
- matadero
matadero
80,829 corpus weight
- mayonesa
mayonesa
80,828 corpus weight
- Meca
Meca
80,827 corpus weight
- memo
memo
80,826 corpus weight
- metidos
metidos
80,825 corpus weight
What this shows “mayonesa” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.
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 | mayonesa |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [maʝoˈnesa] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #19,173 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “mayonesa”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around mayonesa (IPA [maʝoˈnesa]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #19,173 among 3,868 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for mayonesa, with forms such as "amyonesa", "maoynesa", and "maynoesa". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "mayores", "matones", "mamones", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is mayonesa, spelled M-A-Y-O-N-E-S-A.
Definition
- 1Salsa emulsionada a base de huevo crudo, aceite, sal y algún líquido ácido (jugo de limón o vinagre).
- 2Manjar ligado con mayonesa₁.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how mayonesa appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
No excluyo de la batería de cocina la variedad de herramientas cortantes, punzantes, compresoras, etc., para moldear y dar o quitar formas a las legumbres y a otras cosas de comer con que se guarnecen y adornan los platos -generalmente mal condimentados- como no me es lícito privar a nadie del aparato para hacer huevos pasados por agua, de la maquinilla p…
En un mortero de palo se machacan tres dientes de ajo, dos docenas de almendras mondadas o de habas frescas, y se trabaja todo con una tacilla de aceite y otra de vinagre, que se van añadiendo alternando y muy poco a poco, como se hace en la salsa mayonesa. Cuando forma una masa compacta y crecida, se le añade un huevo entero, y después, agua y pan a pizcos.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- amyonesa
- maoynesa
- maynoesa
- mayoensa
- mayoneas
- mayonessa
- mayonnesa
- mayonsea
- mayyonesa
- mmayonesa
- myaonesa
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of mayonesa - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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