microbús
[mikɾoˈβ̞us]
The verdict
“microbús” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #62,478 among 3,868 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,478
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3,868
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - Vehículo automóvil, de chasis alargado, menor al de un autobús, con una capacidad típica de 16 pasajeros, que se emplea a modo de un ómnibus pequeño para pasajeros.
Corpus desk
Index ES-microbus · microbús · Spanish
microbús · rank #62,478 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #62,478
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,868
- PHOTO-FINISH meteorólogos
Nearest frequency peer: meteorólogos (-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 “microbús”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- mentís
mentís
37,527 corpus weight
- merchant
merchant
37,526 corpus weight
- mese
mese
37,525 corpus weight
- meteorólogos
meteorólogos
37,524 corpus weight
- microbús
microbús
37,523 corpus weight
- microchip
microchip
37,522 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “microbús” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | microbús |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [mikɾoˈβ̞us] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #62,478 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “microbús” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
microbús is uncommon Spanish at frequency #62,478 among 3,868 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [mikɾoˈβ̞us]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Vehículo automóvil, de chasis alargado, menor al de un autobús, con una capacidad típica de 16 pasajeros, que se emplea a modo de un ómnibus pequeño para pasajeros.".
microbús doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is microbús, spelled M-I-C-R-O-B-Ú-S.
Definition
- 1Vehículo automóvil, de chasis alargado, menor al de un autobús, con una capacidad típica de 16 pasajeros, que se emplea a modo de un ómnibus pequeño para pasajeros.
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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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.