mayoral
[maʝoˈɾal]
The verdict
“mayoral” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #35,139 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #35,139
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 8
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Pastor principal que cuida los rebaños o cabañas.
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 | mayoral |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [maʝoˈɾal] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #35,139 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 8 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “mayoral” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for mayoral is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [maʝoˈɾal]. Corpus data places it at rank #35,139 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 9 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for mayoral, with forms such as "amyoral", "maoyral", and "mayoarl". 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 8 confusable-pair relationships, "moral", "Mayra", "mayoría", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is mayoral, spelled M-A-Y-O-R-A-L.
Definition
- 1Pastor principal que cuida los rebaños o cabañas.
- 2En las galeras, diligencias y otros carruajes, quien gobierna el tiro de mulas o caballos.
- 3En las cuadrillas de cavadores o de segadores, quien hace de cabeza o capataz.
- 4En las labranzas y en las cabañas de mulas, cabeza o capataz que manda a los otros mozos.
- 5Mampostero₂.
- 6En los hospitales de San Lárazo, quien administra o gobierna.
- 7En el mundo de los pastores el mayoral es el encargado de todo, incluso de los salarios. Señala los chozos de verano, fabrica los necesarios. Es la máxima autoridad.
- 8Alguacil₁.
- 9Corregidor₂.
Synonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: amyoral,maoyral,mayoarl,mayorall,mayorla,mayorral,mayroal,mayyoral,mmayoral,myaoral
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of mayoral - 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 “mayoral”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is M-A-Y-O-R-A-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [maʝoˈɾal] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “moral” - see the side-by-side comparison. mayoral vs moral
- 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.