Miguel
[miˈɣ̞el]
The verdict
“Miguel” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #1,251. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #1,251
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3,868
- “M” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nombre de pila de varón.
Corpus desk
Index ES-miguel · Miguel · Spanish
Miguel · rank #1,251 · 8 variants · 5 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #1,251
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,868
- PHOTO-FINISH mejorar
Nearest frequency peer: mejorar (-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 “Miguel”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- institucion…
instituciones
98,753 corpus weight
- llamar
llamar
98,752 corpus weight
- mejorar
mejorar
98,751 corpus weight
- Miguel
Miguel
98,750 corpus weight
- morir
morir
98,749 corpus weight
- oficiales
oficiales
98,748 corpus weight
What this shows “Miguel” 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 | Miguel |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [miˈɣ̞el] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #1,251 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “Miguel”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around Miguel (IPA [miˈɣ̞el]), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #1,251 among 3,868 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for Miguel, with forms such as "imguel", "mgiuel", and "migeul". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "Mikel", "Miquel", "miel", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is Miguel, spelled M-I-G-U-E-L.
Definition
- 1Nombre de pila de varón.
- 2Apellido
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- imguel
- mgiuel
- migeul
- migguel
- miguell
- migule
- miugel
- mmiguel
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Miguel - 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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Miguel", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).