Misisipi
[misiˈsipi]
The verdict
“Misisipi” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #65,540 among 36,142 “M” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,540
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 36,142
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Uno de los estados que conforman los Estados Unidos de América, ubicado al sur del país.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Misisipi |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [misiˈsipi] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #65,540 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Misisipi” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Misisipi is uncommon Spanish at frequency #65,540 among 36,142 “M” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [misiˈsipi]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for Misisipi in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is Misisipi, spelled M-I-S-I-S-I-P-I.
Definition
- 1Uno de los estados que conforman los Estados Unidos de América, ubicado al sur del país.
- 2Río que recorre gran parte de los Estados Unidos desde su nacimiento en Minnesota hasta su desembocadura en el golfo de México. Es el segundo río más largo de América del Norte, después del Misuri.
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 “Misisipi”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is M-I-S-I-S-I-P-I - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [misiˈsipi] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.