mayúsculo
[maˈʝuskulo]
The verdict
“mayúsculo” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #58,674 among 36,142 “M” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,674
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 36,142
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Más grande que lo habitual
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mayúsculo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [maˈʝuskulo] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #58,674 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “mayúsculo” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
mayúsculo is uncommon Spanish at frequency #58,674 among 36,142 “M” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [maˈʝuskulo]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for mayúsculo, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is mayúsculo, spelled M-A-Y-Ú-S-C-U-L-O.
Definition
- 1Más grande que lo habitual
- 2Dicho de una letra, escrita o impresa en la forma de mayor tamaño que se emplea al inicio de las frases y para los nombres propios, así como en otras posiciones dependiendo del idioma
- 3De mucha importancia o envergadura
This word in other languages
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 “mayúsculo”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is M-A-Y-Ú-S-C-U-L-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [maˈʝuskulo] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.