mayordomo
[maʝoɾˈð̞omo]
The verdict
“mayordomo” has 13 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #14,892. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #14,892
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 36,142
- “M” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - El que tiene a su cargo la administración de una casa, hacienda o corporación.
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 | mayordomo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [maʝoɾˈð̞omo] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #14,892 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “mayordomo” sits in Spanish frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around mayordomo (IPA [maʝoɾˈð̞omo]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #14,892 among 36,142 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for mayordomo, with forms such as "amyordomo", "maoyrdomo", and "mayodromo". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "mayordomos", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
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 mayordomo, spelled M-A-Y-O-R-D-O-M-O.
Definition
- 1El que tiene a su cargo la administración de una casa, hacienda o corporación.
- 2El ladrón que cuida de buscar las provisiones para su compañeros.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- amyordomo
- maoyrdomo
- mayodromo
- mayorddomo
- mayordmoo
- mayordommo
- mayordoom
- mayorodmo
- mayorrdomo
- mayrodomo
- mayyordomo
- mmayordomo
- myaordomo
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of mayordomo - 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 “mayordomo”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is M-A-Y-O-R-D-O-M-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [maʝoɾˈð̞omo] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “mayordomos” - see the side-by-side comparison. mayordomo vs mayordomos
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
Same frequency band
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.