ministerio
[minisˈt̪eɾjo]
The verdict
“ministerio” is in the everyday core of Spanish, ranked #774 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #774
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 10
- letters
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 7
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - El oficio o cargo que uno tiene.
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 | ministerio |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [minisˈt̪eɾjo] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #774 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 7 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “ministerio” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for ministerio is 10 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [minisˈt̪eɾjo]. Corpus data places it at rank #774 in overall Spanish word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language. Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for ministerio, with forms such as "imnisterio", "miinsterio", and "minisetrio". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "ministro", "misterio", "monasterio", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is ministerio, spelled M-I-N-I-S-T-E-R-I-O.
Definition
- 1El oficio o cargo que uno tiene.
- 2Ejercicio o trabajo manual.
- 3Empleo de ministro.
- 4La oficina del ministro y el edificio donde está.
- 5El conjunto de los ministros.
- 6Tiempo que los ministros están en el poder.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: imnisterio,miinsterio,minisetrio,minissterio,ministeiro,ministeroi,ministerrio,ministreio,ministterio,minitserio,minnisterio,minsiterio,mministerio,mniisterio
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ministerio - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 “ministerio”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is M-I-N-I-S-T-E-R-I-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [minisˈt̪eɾjo] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “ministro” - see the side-by-side comparison. ministerio vs ministro
- 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.