minúscula

[miˈnuskula]

/[miˈnuskula]/ noun

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The verdict

“minúscula” has 13 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #25,716. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#25,716
frequency rank, Spanish
3,868
“M” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Letra de uso habitual en la escritura, de menor tamaño que la mayúscula y a menudo de forma distinta.

Corpus desk

Index ES-minuscula · minúscula · Spanish

minúscula · rank #25,716 · 13 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #25,716
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,868
  • PHOTO-FINISH migrar

Nearest frequency peer: migrar (-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.

Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “minúscula”

Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino

corpus weight

What this shows “minúscula” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

minúscula vs minúsculo
89% similar
minúscula vs minúsculas
90% similar
minúscula vs mayúscula
78% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for minúscula
PropertyValue
Headwordminúscula
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[miˈnuskula]
Letters9
Frequency rank#25,716
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “minúscula”

La frecuencia va del puñado de palabras que usamos sin parar (izquierda) a la cola larga que apenas aparece (derecha).minúsculacae aquí:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Los ticks avanzan en logaritmo; cada uno es del orden de diez veces más raro. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “migrar” (#25,715), “mirarse” (#25,717), “micros” (#25,714). Entre 3,868 lemas con “M”, “minúscula” va en #25,716. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around minúscula (IPA [miˈnuskula]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #25,716 among 3,868 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Letra de uso habitual en la escritura, de menor tamaño que la mayúscula y a menudo de forma distinta.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for minúscula, with forms such as "imnúscula", "minnúscula", and "minsúcula". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "minúsculo", "minúsculas", "mayúscula", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is minúscula, spelled M-I-N-Ú-S-C-U-L-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Letra de uso habitual en la escritura, de menor tamaño que la mayúscula y a menudo de forma distinta.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how minúscula appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. la letra inicial de la palabra "África" es mayúscula (es nombre propio); las demás son minúsculas.

Synonyms

letra minúscula

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • imnúscula
  • minnúscula
  • minsúcula
  • minúcsula
  • minúsccula
  • minúsclua
  • minúscual
  • minúsculla
  • minússcula
  • minúsucla
  • miúnscula
  • mminúscula
  • mniúscula

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of minúscula - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

imnúscula2minnúscula1minsúcula2minúcsula2minúsccula1minúsclua2minúscual2minúsculla1
Edit distance from "minúscula"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "minúscula"?
"minúscula" is spelled M-I-N-Ú-S-C-U-L-A. The IPA pronunciation is [miˈnuskula].
What does "minúscula" mean?
As a noun, "minúscula" means: Letra de uso habitual en la escritura, de menor tamaño que la mayúscula y a menudo de forma distinta.
What words are commonly confused with "minúscula"?
"minúscula" is commonly confused with "minúsculo", "minúsculas", "mayúscula". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "minúscula"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "minúscula" is [miˈnuskula]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "minúscula" come from?
"minúscula" is a Spanish word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "minúscula", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

McDonald13 variantsNorberto13 variantsinclinada13 variantsproducían13 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list