micro
[ˈmikɾo]
The verdict
“micro” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #5,986. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #5,986
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3,868
- “M” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Vehículo automóvil de gran capacidad para transportar pasajeros en trayectos urbanos e interurbanos.
Corpus desk
Index ES-micro · micro · Spanish
micro · rank #5,986 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #5,986
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,868
- PHOTO-FINISH ministra
Nearest frequency peer: ministra (+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 “micro”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- maquillaje
maquillaje
94,019 corpus weight
- marchas
marchas
94,018 corpus weight
- matemática
matemática
94,017 corpus weight
- micro
micro
94,015 corpus weight
- ministra
ministra
94,014 corpus weight
- mágico
mágico
94,012 corpus weight
What this shows “micro” 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 | micro |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈmikɾo] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #5,986 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “micro”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around micro (IPA [ˈmikɾo]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #5,986 among 3,868 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Vehículo automóvil de gran capacidad para transportar pasajeros en trayectos urbanos e interurbanos.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for micro, with forms such as "imcro", "mciro", and "miccro". 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", "mir", "muro", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is micro, spelled M-I-C-R-O.
Definition
- 1Vehículo automóvil de gran capacidad para transportar pasajeros en trayectos urbanos e interurbanos.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- imcro
- mciro
- miccro
- micor
- micrro
- mirco
- mmicro
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of micro - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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
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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 (7 here; floor ≥5).