mirto
[ˈmiɾt̪o]
The verdict
“mirto” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #84,136 among 36,142 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #84,136
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 36,142
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - (Myrtus communis) Arbusto o pequeño árbol de la familia de las mirtáceas, nativo de Europa meridional y el norte de África. Es una planta de follaje siempreverde, de hojas brillantes y perfumadas; ...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mirto |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈmiɾt̪o] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #84,136 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “mirto” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
mirto is uncommon Spanish at frequency #84,136 among 36,142 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈmiɾt̪o]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for mirto in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is mirto, spelled M-I-R-T-O.
Definition
- 1(Myrtus communis) Arbusto o pequeño árbol de la familia de las mirtáceas, nativo de Europa meridional y el norte de África. Es una planta de follaje siempreverde, de hojas brillantes y perfumadas; sus flores son blancas, con cinco pétalos y numerosos estambres; y su fruto es una baya de color azulado.
- 2(Myrtus) Género de plantas, nativas del sur de Europa y el norte de África, dentro del cual se clasifican diferentes especies de mirto₁.
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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Using “mirto”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is M-I-R-T-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.