misionero

/[misjoˈneɾo]/ noun

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#15,422

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

13

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

misionero is aSpanishnoun. It means: Ministro de Dios empleado en propagar la fe entre los infieles, o instruir a los cristianos predicando. Pronounced [misjoˈneɾo]. Often confused with Misiones and misioneros.

Key facts for misionero
PropertyValue
Headwordmisionero
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[misjoˈneɾo]
Letters9
Frequency rank#15,422
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of misionero in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for misionero is 9 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [misjoˈneɾo]. Corpus data places it at rank #15,422 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 13 documented wrong-spelling variants for misionero, with forms such as "imsionero", "micionero", and "miisonero". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "Misiones", "misioneros", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is misionero, spelled M-I-S-I-O-N-E-R-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ministro de Dios empleado en propagar la fe entre los infieles, o instruir a los cristianos predicando.
  2. 2
    El eclesiástico del clero secular o regular, que enseña la religión católica a las tribus salvajes.
  3. 3
    El tahúr que lleva su garito por las ferias.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: imsionero,micionero,miisonero,misinoero,misioenro,misioneor,misionerro,misionnero,misionreo,misoinero,missionero,mmisionero,msiionero

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for misionero

Misspelling Variants of "misionero"

imsionero9micionero9miisonero9misinoero9misioenro9misioneor9misionerro10misionnero10
Misspelling Variants of "misionero"

Frequency rank: #15,422 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "misionero"?
"misionero" is spelled M-I-S-I-O-N-E-R-O. The IPA pronunciation is [misjoˈneɾo].
What does "misionero" mean?
As a noun, "misionero" means: Ministro de Dios empleado en propagar la fe entre los infieles, o instruir a los cristianos predicando.
What words are commonly confused with "misionero"?
"misionero" is commonly confused with "Misiones", "misioneros". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "misionero"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "misionero" is [misjoˈneɾo]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "misionero" come from?
"misionero" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.