misiva

/[miˈsiβ̞a]/ adj

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#35,144

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

14

similar word pairs

misiva is anSpanishadj. It means: Que se envía; destinado para ser enviado. Pronounced [miˈsiβ̞a]. Often confused with misma and música.

Key facts for misiva
PropertyValue
Headwordmisiva
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdj
IPA[miˈsiβ̞a]
Letters6
Frequency rank#35,144
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs14
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for misiva is 6 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [miˈsiβ̞a]. Corpus data places it at rank #35,144 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Que se envía; destinado para ser enviado.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for misiva, with forms such as "imsiva", "miciva", and "miisva". 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 14 confusable-pair relationships, "misma", "música", "motiva", and more, 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 misiva, spelled M-I-S-I-V-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Que se envía; destinado para ser enviado.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: imsiva,miciva,miisva,misiav,misiba,misivva,missiva,misvia,mmisiva,msiiva

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for misiva

Misspelling Variants of "misiva"

imsiva6miciva6miisva6misiav6misiba6misivva7missiva7misvia6
Misspelling Variants of "misiva"

Frequency rank: #35,144 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "misiva"?
"misiva" is spelled M-I-S-I-V-A. The IPA pronunciation is [miˈsiβ̞a].
What does "misiva" mean?
As an adj, "misiva" means: Que se envía; destinado para ser enviado.
What words are commonly confused with "misiva"?
"misiva" is commonly confused with "misma", "música", "motiva". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "misiva"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "misiva" is [miˈsiβ̞a]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "misiva" come from?
"misiva" 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.