mies
[ˈmjes]
The verdict
“mies” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #37,727 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #37,727
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4
- letters
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Cualquier espiga de cereal madura, lista para ser recolectada, de cuya semilla puede obtenerse harina para hacer pan, etc.
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 | mies |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈmjes] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #37,727 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “mies” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for mies is 4 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈmjes]. Corpus data places it at rank #37,727 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for mies, with forms such as "imes", "meis", and "miess". 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, "mil", "mío", "min", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 mies, spelled M-I-E-S.
Definition
- 1Cualquier espiga de cereal madura, lista para ser recolectada, de cuya semilla puede obtenerse harina para hacer pan, etc.
- 2Época del año en que se siegan y cosechan los cereales.
- 3Muchedumbre de no cristianos convertidos al cristianismo, o próximos a convertirse.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: imes,meis,miess,mise,mmies
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of mies - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Using “mies”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is M-I-E-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈmjes] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “mil” - see the side-by-side comparison. mies vs mil
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.