Mike

/[ˈmike]/ name

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#5,332

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

5

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

Mike is aSpanishname. It means: Hipocorístico de Miguel. Pronounced [ˈmike]. It ranks #5,332 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with mil and mío.

Key facts for Mike
PropertyValue
HeadwordMike
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechName
IPA[ˈmike]
Letters4
Frequency rank#5,332
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for Mike is 4 letters long, classified as aname, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈmike]. Corpus data places it at rank #5,332 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Hipocorístico de Miguel.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 5 documented wrong-spelling variants for Mike, with forms such as "imke", "miek", and "mikke". 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 Mike, spelled M-I-K-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Hipocorístico de Miguel.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: imke,miek,mikke,mkie,mmike

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Mike

Misspelling Variants of "Mike"

imke4miek4mikke5mkie4mmike5
Misspelling Variants of "Mike"

Frequency rank: #5,332 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Mike"?
"Mike" is spelled M-I-K-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈmike].
What does "Mike" mean?
As a name, "Mike" means: Hipocorístico de Miguel.
What words are commonly confused with "Mike"?
"Mike" 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 "Mike"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Mike" is [ˈmike]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Mike" come from?
"Mike" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Spanish words

Other entries that begin with the letter M in our Spanish index:

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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.