mi
[mi]
The verdict
“mi” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #29) as an adjective. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #29
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3,868
- “M” headwords
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - Adjetivo posesivo de la primera persona singular; de mí.
Corpus desk
Index ES-mi · mi · Spanish
mi · rank #29 · 0 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #29
- LEN-SHORT 2 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,868
- PHOTO-FINISH o
Nearest frequency peer: o (-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 “mi”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- pero
pero
99,975 corpus weight
- o
o
99,973 corpus weight
- mi
mi
99,972 corpus weight
- le
le
99,971 corpus weight
- este
este
99,970 corpus weight
- sus
sus
99,969 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “mi” 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 | mi |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [mi] |
| Letters | 2 |
| Frequency rank | #29 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “mi” sits in Spanish frequency
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for mi is neighbouring look-alikes ("mm", "my", …), not just typos; it is anadjective pronounced [mi]. Frequency #29 among 3,868 “M” headwords. Gloss: "Adjetivo posesivo de la primera persona singular; de mí.".
No misspelling variants are generated for mi in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "mm", "my", "Mr", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is mi, spelled M-I.
Definition
- 1Adjetivo posesivo de la primera persona singular; de mí.
This word in other languages
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 2, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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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.