Minos
[ˈminos]
The verdict
“Minos” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #55,066 among 3,868 “M” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,066
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3,868
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Rey de Creta, antiguo legislador, juez de los infiernos, lo mismo que Éaco y Radamanto.
Corpus desk
Index ES-minos · Minos · Spanish
Minos · rank #55,066 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #55,066
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,868
- PHOTO-FINISH ministras
Nearest frequency peer: ministras (-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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “Minos”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- militarizada
militarizada
44,941 corpus weight
- millennium
millennium
44,940 corpus weight
- mimada
mimada
44,937 corpus weight
- ministras
ministras
44,936 corpus weight
- Minos
Minos
44,935 corpus weight
- mocosos
mocosos
44,933 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “Minos” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Minos |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈminos] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #55,066 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “Minos” en español
Rare enough to double-check
Minos is uncommon Spanish at frequency #55,066 among 3,868 “M” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ˈminos]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Rey de Creta, antiguo legislador, juez de los infiernos, lo mismo que Éaco y Radamanto.".
Minos has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is Minos, spelled M-I-N-O-S.
Definition
- 1Rey de Creta, antiguo legislador, juez de los infiernos, lo mismo que Éaco y Radamanto.
This word in other languages
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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