mayores

/[maˈʝoɾes]/ adj

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#916

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

12

similar word pairs

mayores is anSpanishadj. It means: Forma del plural de mayor. Pronounced [maˈʝoɾes]. It ranks #916 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with mayoría and menores.

Key facts for mayores
PropertyValue
Headwordmayores
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdj
IPA[maˈʝoɾes]
Letters7
Frequency rank#916
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs12
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of mayores in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for mayores is 7 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [maˈʝoɾes]. Corpus data places it at rank #916 in overall Spanish word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Forma del plural de mayor.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for mayores, with forms such as "amyores", "maoyres", and "mayoers". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 12 confusable-pair relationships, "mayoría", "menores", "motores", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is mayores, spelled M-A-Y-O-R-E-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Forma del plural de mayor.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: amyores,maoyres,mayoers,mayoress,mayorres,mayorse,mayroes,mayyores,mmayores,myaores

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for mayores

Misspelling Variants of "mayores"

amyores7maoyres7mayoers7mayoress8mayorres8mayorse7mayroes7mayyores8
Misspelling Variants of "mayores"

Frequency rank: #916 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "mayores"?
"mayores" is spelled M-A-Y-O-R-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is [maˈʝoɾes].
What does "mayores" mean?
As an adj, "mayores" means: Forma del plural de mayor.
What words are commonly confused with "mayores"?
"mayores" is commonly confused with "mayoría", "menores", "motores". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "mayores"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "mayores" is [maˈʝoɾes]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "mayores" come from?
"mayores" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.