médula
[ˈmeð̞ula]
The verdict
“médula” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #12,204 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #12,204
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6
- letters
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 19
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) — Tejido graso, hematógeno y flexible que se encuentra en el interior de los huesos de los vertebrados
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 | médula |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈmeð̞ula] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #12,204 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 19 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “médula” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for médula is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈmeð̞ula]. Corpus data places it at rank #12,204 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for médula, with forms such as "mdéula", "mmédula", and "méddula". 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 19 confusable-pair relationships, "mula", "mela", "Mella", 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 médula, spelled M-É-D-U-L-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1Tejido graso, hematógeno y flexible que se encuentra en el interior de los huesos de los vertebrados
- 2Parte del sistema nervioso central, prolongación del encéfalo por el interior de la columna vertebral, que tiene como función recibir y organizar los impulsos nerviosos sensitivos y motores, desde el cerebro y hacia él.
- 3Eje central del tallo de las plantas, formado por un parénquima blando con células de vida breve, rodeado por haces de tejido conductor en un anillo más resistente o leñoso; puede desaparecer parcial o totalmente, según las plantas, dejando a veces un tallo hueco
- 4Figuradamente, parte más importante de una cosa o asunto.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: mdéula,mmédula,méddula,médlua,médual,médulla,méudla,émdula
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of médula - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
Edit distance from "médula"
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 “médula”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is M-É-D-U-L-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈmeð̞ula] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “mula” - see the side-by-side comparison. médula vs mula
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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