mismo
[ˈmismo]
The verdict
“mismo” is in the everyday core of Spanish, ranked #86 in Spanish word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #86
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 5
- letters
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Que dos o más cosas o personas son una sola.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mismo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈmismo] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #86 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “mismo” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for mismo is 5 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈmismo]. Corpus data places it at rank #86 in overall Spanish word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for mismo, with forms such as "imsmo", "mimso", and "mismmo". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "miss", "mito", "museo", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is mismo, spelled M-I-S-M-O.
Definition
- 1Que dos o más cosas o personas son una sola.
- 2Que dos o más cosas se parecen mucho entre sí, que son muy similares, aunque son cosas o personas diferentes.
- 3Con pronombres personales y algunos adverbios se usa para enfatizar, como pleonasmo para reforzar la identidad.
- 4Tiene uso para enfatizar una oración o expresión.
Synonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: imsmo,mimso,mismmo,misom,missmo,mmismo,msimo
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of mismo - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 “mismo”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is M-I-S-M-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈmismo] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “miss” - see the side-by-side comparison. mismo vs miss
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.