mayoría

[maʝoˈɾia]

/[maʝoˈɾia]/ noun

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The verdict

“mayoría” has 9 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #362. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#362
frequency rank, Spanish
3,868
“M” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
16
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Calidad de mayor.

Corpus desk

Index ES-mayoria · mayoría · Spanish

mayoría · rank #362 · 9 variants · 16 confusables

  • FREQ-CORE #362
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 16 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,868
  • PHOTO-FINISH Madrid

Nearest frequency peer: Madrid (-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 “mayoría”

Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino

corpus weight

What this shows “mayoría” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

mayoría vs moría
71% similar
mayoría vs Mayra
57% similar
mayoría vs memoria
57% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for mayoría
PropertyValue
Headwordmayoría
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[maʝoˈɾia]
Letters7
Frequency rank#362
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs16
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “mayoría”

Esta escala corre desde el núcleo del español cotidiano (izquierda) hasta el rastro de formas rara vez usadas (derecha).mayoríacae aquí:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Los ticks avanzan en logaritmo; cada uno es del orden de diez veces más raro. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “Madrid” (#361), “padre” (#363), “I” (#360). Entre 3,868 lemas con “M”, “mayoría” va en #362. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around mayoría (IPA [maʝoˈɾia]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #362 among 3,868 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for mayoría, with forms such as "amyoría", "maoyría", and "mayoraí". 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 16 confusable-pair relationships, "moría", "Mayra", "memoria", 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 easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is mayoría, spelled M-A-Y-O-R-Í-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Calidad de mayor.
  2. 2
    Mayoría de edad.
  3. 3
    Mayor número de votos conforme a una votación.
  4. 4
    Parte mayor de los individuos que componen una nación, ciudad o cuerpo.
  5. 5
    Oficina del mayor general.
  6. 6
    Oficina del sargento mayor.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how mayoría appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. «Cuando en la votación de una sentencia, auto ó providencia no resultare mayoría de votos sobre cualquiera de los pronunciamientos de hecho o de derecho que deban hacerse, o sobre la decisión que haya de dictarse volverán a discutirse y a votarse los puntos en que hayan disentido los votantes».
  2. «Y como se piensa en la mayoría de los casos en fútbol, cuando la eliminatoria, sobre el papel, es insalvable, que el morir sea con la mayor honra posible. Dicho de otra forma: a manos del mejor equipo».

Antonyms

minoría

This word in other languages

majority(English)majorité(Français)Mehrheit(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • amyoría
  • maoyría
  • mayoraí
  • mayorría
  • mayoíra
  • mayroía
  • mayyoría
  • mmayoría
  • myaoría

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of mayoría - 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.

amyoría2maoyría2mayoraí2mayorría1mayoíra2mayroía2mayyoría1mmayoría1
Edit distance from "mayoría"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "mayoría"?
"mayoría" is spelled M-A-Y-O-R-Í-A. The IPA pronunciation is [maʝoˈɾia].
What does "mayoría" mean?
As a noun, "mayoría" means: Calidad de mayor.
What words are commonly confused with "mayoría"?
"mayoría" is commonly confused with "moría", "Mayra", "memoria". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "mayoría"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "mayoría" is [maʝoˈɾia]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "mayoría" come from?
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "mayoría", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

todavía#358segundo#371posible#344público#382

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

Madrid9 variantspaíses9 variantsgrande9 variantscierto9 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list