medio

/[ˈmeð̞jo]/ adj

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#205

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

6

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

medio is anSpanishadj. It means: Que es una de las dos partes iguales en que se divide algo. Pronounced [ˈmeð̞jo]. It ranks #205 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with mío and meo.

Key facts for medio
PropertyValue
Headwordmedio
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdj
IPA[ˈmeð̞jo]
Letters5
Frequency rank#205
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for medio is 5 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈmeð̞jo]. Corpus data places it at rank #205 in overall Spanish word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 6 documented wrong-spelling variants for medio, with forms such as "emdio", "mdeio", and "meddio". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "mío", "meo", "mei", 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 medio, spelled M-E-D-I-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Que es una de las dos partes iguales en que se divide algo.
  2. 2
    Que está situado en un lugar o tiempo equidistante a los extremos de algo.
  3. 3
    Que posee las características más generales de un conjunto de elementos.
  4. 4
    Se dice de un sonido del habla que se articula en la zona central de la boca.
  5. 5
    Se dice de una vocal intermedia entre abierta y cerrada.
  6. 6
    Gran parte de, una porción considerable.
  7. 7
    Se decía de un estilo intermedio entre el simple y el sublime.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: emdio,mdeio,meddio,medoi,meido,mmedio

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for medio

Misspelling Variants of "medio"

emdio5mdeio5meddio6medoi5meido5mmedio6
Misspelling Variants of "medio"

Frequency rank: #205 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "medio"?
"medio" is spelled M-E-D-I-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈmeð̞jo].
What does "medio" mean?
As an adj, "medio" means: Que es una de las dos partes iguales en que se divide algo.
What words are commonly confused with "medio"?
"medio" is commonly confused with "mío", "meo", "mei". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "medio"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "medio" is [ˈmeð̞jo]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "medio" come from?
"medio" 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.