mirage
[miˈʁaʒ]
The verdict
“mirage” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #57,932 among 3,868 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,932
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3,868
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Espejismo
Corpus desk
Index ES-mirage · mirage · Spanish
mirage · rank #57,932 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #57,932
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,868
- PHOTO-FINISH milésimas
Nearest frequency peer: milésimas (-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 “mirage”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- mieles
mieles
42,071 corpus weight
- milésimas
milésimas
42,070 corpus weight
- mirage
mirage
42,069 corpus weight
- Mireya
Mireya
42,068 corpus weight
- modelando
modelando
42,067 corpus weight
- models
models
42,066 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “mirage” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mirage |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [miˈʁaʒ] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #57,932 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “mirage” en español
Rare enough to double-check
mirage is uncommon Spanish at frequency #57,932 among 3,868 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [miˈʁaʒ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for mirage, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is mirage, spelled M-I-R-A-G-E.
Definition
- 1Espejismo
- 2Mirada
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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