miel

/[ˈmjel]/ noun

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#5,231

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

4

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

miel is aSpanishnoun. It means: Fluido dulce y de color dorado elaborado por las abejas a partir de néctar de flores, apreciado como alimento. Pronounced [ˈmjel]. It ranks #5,231 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with mil and mío.

Key facts for miel
PropertyValue
Headwordmiel
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈmjel]
Letters4
Frequency rank#5,231
Misspellings tracked4
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of miel in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for miel is 4 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈmjel]. Corpus data places it at rank #5,231 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 4 documented wrong-spelling variants for miel, with forms such as "imel", "meil", and "miell". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "mil", "mío", "min", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is miel, spelled M-I-E-L, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Fluido dulce y de color dorado elaborado por las abejas a partir de néctar de flores, apreciado como alimento.
  2. 2
    Color pardo-dorado que recuerda al de la miel₁.
  3. 3
    Por analogía con la miel₁, fluido que queda al extraer el azúcar del guarapo de caña de azúcar, apreciado como alimento.
  4. 4
    Satisfacción producida por el cumplimiento de un deber o empeño.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: imel,meil,miell,mmiel

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for miel

Misspelling Variants of "miel"

imel4meil4miell5mmiel5
Misspelling Variants of "miel"

Frequency rank: #5,231 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "miel"?
"miel" is spelled M-I-E-L. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈmjel].
What does "miel" mean?
As a noun, "miel" means: Fluido dulce y de color dorado elaborado por las abejas a partir de néctar de flores, apreciado como alimento.
What words are commonly confused with "miel"?
"miel" is commonly confused with "mil", "mío", "min". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "miel"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "miel" is [ˈmjel]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "miel" come from?
"miel" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.