mg
[ˈg]
The verdict
“mg” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #5,858) as an abbreviation. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #5,858
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3,868
- “M” headwords
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Abreviatura y símbolo de la unidad miligramo.
Corpus desk
Index ES-mg · mg · Spanish
mg · rank #5,858 · 0 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #5,858
- LEN-SHORT 2 letters
- VOW-0 0 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,868
- PHOTO-FINISH mesas
Nearest frequency peer: mesas (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “mg”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- mateo
mateo
94,146 corpus weight
- mecánica
mecánica
94,145 corpus weight
- mesas
mesas
94,144 corpus weight
- mg
mg
94,143 corpus weight
- montar
montar
94,142 corpus weight
- muchacha
muchacha
94,141 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “mg” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | mg |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Abbreviation |
| IPA | [ˈg] |
| Letters | 2 |
| Frequency rank | #5,858 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Dónde se sitúa “mg” en la frecuencia del español
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for mg is neighbouring look-alikes ("mi", "mm", …), not just typos; it is anabbreviation pronounced [ˈg]. Frequency #5,858 among 3,868 “M” headwords. Gloss: "Abreviatura y símbolo de la unidad miligramo.".
mg has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "mi", "mm", "my", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is mg, spelled M-G.
Definition
- 1Abreviatura y símbolo de la unidad miligramo.
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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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.