migra
[ˈmiɣ̞ɾa]
The verdict
“migra” has 6 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #49,795. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #49,795
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3,868
- “M” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Cuerpo de los agentes de inmigración de la frontera de Estados Unidos.
Corpus desk
Index ES-migra · migra · Spanish
migra · rank #49,795 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #49,795
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,868
- PHOTO-FINISH metralleta
Nearest frequency peer: metralleta (-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 “migra”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- mendicidad
mendicidad
50,209 corpus weight
- meticulosa
meticulosa
50,208 corpus weight
- metralleta
metralleta
50,207 corpus weight
- migra
migra
50,206 corpus weight
- minga
minga
50,205 corpus weight
- minimizando
minimizando
50,204 corpus weight
What this shows “migra” 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 | migra |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈmiɣ̞ɾa] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #49,795 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “migra”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around migra (IPA [ˈmiɣ̞ɾa]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #49,795 among 3,868 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Cuerpo de los agentes de inmigración de la frontera de Estados Unidos.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for migra, with forms such as "imgra", "mgira", and "migar". 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, "mir", "misa", "miro", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is migra, spelled M-I-G-R-A.
Definition
- 1Cuerpo de los agentes de inmigración de la frontera de Estados Unidos.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how migra appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Llegó la migra, de las manos me amarraron Me decían no sé qué cosas, que en inglés me regañaron Me dijeron los gabachos: "te regresas pa' tu rancho" Pero yo sentí muy gacho regresar pa' mi terruño De bracero fracasado sin dinero y sin hilachos
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- imgra
- mgira
- migar
- miggra
- mirga
- mmigra
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of migra - 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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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 (6 here; floor ≥5).