miopía

[mjoˈpia]

/[mjoˈpia]/ noun

The verdict

“miopía” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #35,625. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#35,625
frequency rank, Spanish
36,142
“M” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Estado refractivo del ojo inverso a la hipermetropía en el que la imagen se forma por delante de la retina, provocando que la persona tenga dificultad para enfocar los objetos distantes.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

miopía vs moría
67% similar
miopía vs movía
67% similar
miopía vs momia
50% similar

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

Key facts for miopía
PropertyValue
Headwordmiopía
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[mjoˈpia]
Letters6
Frequency rank#35,625
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “miopía” sits in Spanish frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). miopía lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around miopía (IPA [mjoˈpia]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #35,625 among 36,142 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Estado refractivo del ojo inverso a la hipermetropía en el que la imagen se forma por delante de la retina, provocando que la persona tenga dificultad para enfocar los objetos distantes.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for miopía, with forms such as "imopía", "miopaí", and "mioppía". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "moría", "movía", "momia", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

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 miopía, spelled M-I-O-P-Í-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Estado refractivo del ojo inverso a la hipermetropía en el que la imagen se forma por delante de la retina, provocando que la persona tenga dificultad para enfocar los objetos distantes.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • imopía
  • miopaí
  • mioppía
  • mioípa
  • mipoía
  • mmiopía
  • moipía

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of miopía - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

imopía2miopaí2mioppía1mioípa2mipoía2mmiopía1moipía2
Edit distance from "miopía"

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 "miopía"?
"miopía" is spelled M-I-O-P-Í-A. The IPA pronunciation is [mjoˈpia].
What does "miopía" mean?
As a noun, "miopía" means: Estado refractivo del ojo inverso a la hipermetropía en el que la imagen se forma por delante de la retina, provocando que la persona tenga dificultad para enfocar los objetos distantes.
What words are commonly confused with "miopía"?
"miopía" is commonly confused with "moría", "movía", "momia". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "miopía"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "miopía" is [mjoˈpia]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "miopía" come from?
"miopía" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Using “miopía”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Spanish spelling is M-I-O-P-Í-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [mjoˈpia] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Don't mix it up with “moría” - see the side-by-side comparison. miopía vs moría
  • Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words

Same frequency band

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list