Misisipi

[misiˈsipi]

/[misiˈsipi]/ name

The verdict

“Misisipi” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #65,540 among 3,868 “M” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#65,540
frequency rank, Spanish
3,868
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Uno de los estados que conforman los Estados Unidos de América, ubicado al sur del país.

Corpus desk

Index ES-misisipi · Misisipi · Spanish

Misisipi · rank #65,540 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #65,540
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,868
  • PHOTO-FINISH mixe

Nearest frequency peer: mixe (+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 “Misisipi”

Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “Misisipi” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Misisipi
PropertyValue
HeadwordMisisipi
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[misiˈsipi]
Letters8
Frequency rank#65,540
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “Misisipi” en español

La frecuencia va del puñado de palabras que usamos sin parar (izquierda) a la cola larga que apenas aparece (derecha).Misisipicae en esta cola de rareza:

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

Los ticks avanzan en logaritmo; cada uno es del orden de diez veces más raro. Vecinos raros de la misma franja: “mixe” (#65,541), “mochilero” (#65,543), “milenarios” (#65,536). Entre 3,868 lemas con “M”, “Misisipi” va en #65,540. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Misisipi is uncommon Spanish at frequency #65,540 among 3,868 “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

  1. 1
    Uno de los estados que conforman los Estados Unidos de América, ubicado al sur del país.
  2. 2
    Río 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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Misisipi"?
"Misisipi" is spelled M-I-S-I-S-I-P-I. The IPA pronunciation is [misiˈsipi].
What does "Misisipi" mean?
As a proper noun, "Misisipi" means: Uno de los estados que conforman los Estados Unidos de América, ubicado al sur del país.
How do you pronounce "Misisipi"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Misisipi" is [misiˈsipi]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Misisipi" come from?
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Misisipi", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list