ministro

/[miˈnist̪ɾo]/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#792

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

3

similar word pairs

ministro is aSpanishnoun. It means: El que ministra alguna cosa. Pronounced [miˈnist̪ɾo]. It ranks #792 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with ministros and ministra.

Key facts for ministro
PropertyValue
Headwordministro
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[miˈnist̪ɾo]
Letters8
Frequency rank#792
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for ministro is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [miˈnist̪ɾo]. Corpus data places it at rank #792 in overall Spanish word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 10 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for ministro, with forms such as "imnistro", "miinstro", and "minisrto". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "ministros", "ministra", "ministerio", 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 ministro, spelled M-I-N-I-S-T-R-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    El que ministra alguna cosa.
  2. 2
    Juez que se emplea en la administración de justicia.
  3. 3
    El que está empleado en el gobierno para la resolución de los negocios políticos y económicos.
  4. 4
    Jefe de cada uno de los departamentos en que se divide la gobernación del Estado, el cual es, con arreglo a la Constitución y a las leyes, responsable de todo lo que en su respectivo ramo se ordena, y jefe supremo de todas las dependencias del mismo, en nombre y representación del rey, cuyos decretos ha de refrendar para que se estimen válidos y legítimos.
  5. 5
    Enviado.
  6. 6
    Cualquier representante o agente diplomático.
  7. 7
    En algunas religiones, prelado ordinario de cada convento.
  8. 8
    En la Compañía de Jesús, segundo prelado de los casas y colegios, que cuida del gobierno económico.
  9. 9
    Alguacil o cualquiera de los oficiales inferiores que ejecuta los mandatos y autos de los jueces.
  10. 10
    Persona o cosa que ejecuta lo que otra persona quiere o dispone.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: imnistro,miinstro,minisrto,minisstro,ministor,ministrro,ministtro,minitsro,minnistro,minsitro,mministro,mniistro

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for ministro

Misspelling Variants of "ministro"

imnistro8miinstro8minisrto8minisstro9ministor8ministrro9ministtro9minitsro8
Misspelling Variants of "ministro"

Frequency rank: #792 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "ministro"?
"ministro" is spelled M-I-N-I-S-T-R-O. The IPA pronunciation is [miˈnist̪ɾo].
What does "ministro" mean?
As a noun, "ministro" means: El que ministra alguna cosa.
What words are commonly confused with "ministro"?
"ministro" is commonly confused with "ministros", "ministra", "ministerio". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "ministro"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ministro" is [miˈnist̪ɾo]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ministro" come from?
"ministro" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.