Misisipi

/[misiˈsipi]/ name

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#65,540

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

Misisipi is aSpanishname. It means: Uno de los estados que conforman los Estados Unidos de América, ubicado al sur del país. Pronounced [misiˈsipi].

Key facts for Misisipi
PropertyValue
HeadwordMisisipi
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechName
IPA[misiˈsipi]
Letters8
Frequency rank#65,540
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for Misisipi is 8 letters long, classified as aname, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [misiˈsipi]. Corpus data places it at rank #65,540 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No misspelling variants are generated for Misisipi in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

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 Misisipi, spelled M-I-S-I-S-I-P-I, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

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

Frequency rank: #65,540 in Spanish

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 name, "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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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.