mediana

Name: mediana, Spanish Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

[meˈð̞jana]

/[meˈð̞jana]/ noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“mediana” has 9 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #9,321. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#9,321
frequency rank, Spanish: 3,868
“M” headwords: 9
tracked misspellings: 20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Barrera que separa dos sentidos en una autovía o autopista.

Corpus desk

Index ES-mediana · mediana · Spanish

mediana · rank #9,321 · 9 variants · 20 confusables

FREQ-COMMON #9,321
LEN-LONG 7 letters
VOW-4 4 vowels
CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
VAR-MID 9 variants
BOOK-MID 3,868
PHOTO-FINISH manifestado

Nearest frequency peer: manifestado (-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.

Lázaro

90,683
maldición

90,682
manifestado

90,681
mediana

90,680
menú

90,679
misteriosa

90,678

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

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

mediana vs medida

71% similar

mediana vs Medias

57% similar

mediana vs Medina

71% similar

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

Key facts for mediana
Property	Value
Headword	mediana
Language	Spanish
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	[meˈð̞jana]
Letters	7
Frequency rank	#9,321
Misspellings tracked	9
Confusable pairs	20
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “mediana”

De izquierda a derecha: las pocas palabras que cargan el habla diaria, luego la cola larga casi invisible.medianacae aquí:

#9,321

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

El eje es logarítmico: cada tick marca unas diez veces menos frecuencia. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “manifestado” (#9,320), “menú” (#9,322), “maldición” (#9,319). Entre 3,868 lemas con “M”, “mediana” va en #9,321. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around mediana (IPA [meˈð̞jana]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #9,321 among 3,868 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for mediana, with forms such as "emdiana", "mdeiana", and "medaina". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "medida", "Medias", "Medina", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is mediana, spelled M-E-D-I-A-N-A.

Definition

1
Barrera que separa dos sentidos en una autovía o autopista.
2
Valor de la variable que deja el mismo número de datos antes y después que él, una vez ordenados estos.
3
En un triángulo, es el segmento de recta que une un vértice con el punto medio del lado opuesto.

This word in other languages

median(English)médiane(Français)mediana(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

emdiana
mdeiana
medaina
meddiana
mediaan
medianna
medinaa
meidana
mmediana

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

Edit distance from "mediana"

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 "mediana"?

"mediana" is spelled M-E-D-I-A-N-A. The IPA pronunciation is [meˈð̞jana].

What does "mediana" mean?

As a noun, "mediana" means: Barrera que separa dos sentidos en una autovía o autopista.

What words are commonly confused with "mediana"?

"mediana" is commonly confused with "medida", "Medias", "Medina". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "mediana"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "mediana" is [meˈð̞jana]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "mediana" come from?

"mediana" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.

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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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Similar misspelling depth

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

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