milpiés
[milˈpjes]
The verdict
“milpiés” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Especie de miriápodos que se caracterizan por tener dos pares de patas articuladas en la mayoría de sus segmentos corporales dobles, o diplosegmentos. Tienen entre 34 y 400 patas.
Corpus desk
Index ES-milpies · milpiés · Spanish
milpiés · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "M" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | milpiés |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [milˈpjes] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “milpiés” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
milpiés is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [milˈpjes]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Especie de miriápodos que se caracterizan por tener dos pares de patas articuladas en la mayoría de sus segmentos corporales dobles, o diplosegmentos. Tienen entre 34 y 400 patas.".
milpiés has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is milpiés, spelled M-I-L-P-I-É-S.
Definition
- 1Especie de miriápodos que se caracterizan por tener dos pares de patas articuladas en la mayoría de sus segmentos corporales dobles, o diplosegmentos. Tienen entre 34 y 400 patas.
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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.