medicine

[með̞iˈsine]

/[með̞iˈsine]/ verb

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The verdict

“medicine” has 12 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #36,674. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#36,674
frequency rank, Spanish
3,868
“M” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de subjuntivo de medicinar o de medicinarse.

Corpus desk

Index ES-medicine · medicine · Spanish

medicine · rank #36,674 · 12 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #36,674
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,868
  • PHOTO-FINISH mechón

Nearest frequency peer: mechón (-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 “medicine”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “medicine” 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).

medicine vs medición
75% similar
medicine vs mediciones
80% similar
medicine vs medicina
88% similar

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

Key facts for medicine
PropertyValue
Headwordmedicine
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[með̞iˈsine]
Letters8
Frequency rank#36,674
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “medicine”

Esta escala corre desde el núcleo del español cotidiano (izquierda) hasta el rastro de formas rara vez usadas (derecha).medicinecae 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 “mechón” (#36,673), “medidores” (#36,675), “meeting” (#36,677). Entre 3,868 lemas con “M”, “medicine” va en #36,674. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around medicine (IPA [með̞iˈsine]), averb. Corpus frequency is #36,674 among 3,868 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for medicine, with forms such as "emdicine", "mdeicine", and "medciine". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "medición", "mediciones", "medicina", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is medicine, spelled M-E-D-I-C-I-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de subjuntivo de medicinar o de medicinarse.
  2. 2
    Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de subjuntivo de medicinar o de medicinarse.
  3. 3
    Segunda persona del singular (usted) del imperativo de medicinar o del imperativo negativo de medicinarse.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • emdicine
  • mdeicine
  • medciine
  • meddicine
  • mediccine
  • medicien
  • medicinne
  • medicnie
  • mediicne
  • medisine
  • meidcine
  • mmedicine

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of medicine - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

emdicine2mdeicine2medciine2meddicine1mediccine1medicien2medicinne1medicnie2
Edit distance from "medicine"

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 "medicine"?
"medicine" is spelled M-E-D-I-C-I-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is [með̞iˈsine].
What does "medicine" mean?
As a verb, "medicine" means: Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de subjuntivo de medicinar o de medicinarse.
What words are commonly confused with "medicine"?
"medicine" is commonly confused with "medición", "mediciones", "medicina". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "medicine"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "medicine" is [með̞iˈsine]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "medicine" come from?
"medicine" 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 "medicine", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

molienda#36,690lograban#36,653nefastos#36,702Laurence#36,644

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

mariguana12 variantsmiocardio12 variantsladrando12 variantsoperaban12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list