medio
[ˈmeð̞jo]
The verdict
“medio” has 6 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #205. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #205
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3,868
- “M” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Que es una de las dos partes iguales en que se divide algo.
Corpus desk
Index ES-medio · medio · Spanish
medio · rank #205 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #205
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,868
- PHOTO-FINISH ley
Nearest frequency peer: ley (-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 “medio”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- nombre
nombre
99,799 corpus weight
- unos
unos
99,798 corpus weight
- ley
ley
99,797 corpus weight
- medio
medio
99,796 corpus weight
- partido
partido
99,795 corpus weight
- bajo
bajo
99,794 corpus weight
What this shows “medio” 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).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | medio |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈmeð̞jo] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #205 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “medio”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around medio (IPA [ˈmeð̞jo]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #205 among 3,868 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for medio, with forms such as "emdio", "mdeio", and "meddio". 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 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 documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is medio, spelled M-E-D-I-O.
Definition
- 1Que es una de las dos partes iguales en que se divide algo.
- 2Que está situado en un lugar o tiempo equidistante a los extremos de algo.
- 3Que posee las características más generales de un conjunto de elementos.
- 4Se dice de un sonido del habla que se articula en la zona central de la boca.
- 5Se dice de una vocal intermedia entre abierta y cerrada.
- 6Gran parte de, una porción considerable.
- 7Se decía de un estilo intermedio entre el simple y el sublime.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how medio appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
caminó medio mundo buscándote
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- emdio
- mdeio
- meddio
- medoi
- meido
- mmedio
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of medio - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "medio", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).