mexicanas
[mexiˈkanas]
The verdict
“mexicanas” is a regularly-used Spanish word, ranked #7,880 in Spanish word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #7,880
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 9
- letters
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 6
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Forma del femenino plural de mexicano.
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 | mexicanas |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [mexiˈkanas] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #7,880 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 6 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “mexicanas” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for mexicanas is 9 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [mexiˈkanas]. Corpus data places it at rank #7,880 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Forma del femenino plural de mexicano.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for mexicanas, with forms such as "emxicanas", "meixcanas", and "mexcianas". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "mexicano", "mexicanos", "Mexican", 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 mexicanas, spelled M-E-X-I-C-A-N-A-S.
Definition
- 1Forma del femenino plural de mexicano.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: emxicanas,meixcanas,mexcianas,mexiacnas,mexicaans,mexicanass,mexicannas,mexicansa,mexiccanas,mexicnaas,mexxicanas,mmexicanas,mxeicanas
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of mexicanas - 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.
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 “mexicanas”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is M-E-X-I-C-A-N-A-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [mexiˈkanas] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “mexicano” - see the side-by-side comparison. mexicanas vs mexicano
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.