miss

[ˈmis]

/[ˈmis]/ noun

The verdict

“miss” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #5,134) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#5,134
frequency rank, Spanish
3,868
“M” headwords
4
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ganadora de un concurso de belleza.

Corpus desk

Index ES-miss · miss · Spanish

miss · rank #5,134 · 4 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #5,134
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-LOW 4 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,868
  • PHOTO-FINISH miro

Nearest frequency peer: miro (-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.

Vecinos de frecuencia del confusable “miss”

Pares de peso similar en el corpus, aparte de los confusables abajo

corpus weight

What this shows Las barras sitúan “miss” frente a los lemas españoles más cercanos por rango, no un reprint del escritorio de confusables.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

miss vs mix
50% similar
miss vs mit
50% similar
miss vs Mrs
25% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for miss
PropertyValue
Headwordmiss
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈmis]
Letters4
Frequency rank#5,134
Misspellings tracked4
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Rango de corpus junto a confusables de “miss”

De izquierda a derecha: las pocas palabras que cargan el habla diaria, luego la cola larga casi invisible.misscae aquí:

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

El eje es logarítmico: cada tick marca unas diez veces menos frecuencia. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “miro” (#5,133), “mito” (#5,135), “minerales” (#5,132). Entre 3,868 lemas con “M”, “miss” va en #5,134. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for miss is neighbouring look-alikes ("mix", "mit", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced [ˈmis]. Frequency #5,134 among 3,868 “M” headwords. Gloss: "Ganadora de un concurso de belleza.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for miss, with forms such as "imss", "mis", and "mmiss". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "mix", "mit", "Mrs", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is miss, spelled M-I-S-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ganadora de un concurso de belleza.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • imss
  • mis
  • mmiss
  • msis

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of miss - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

imss2mis1mmiss1msis2
Edit distance from "miss"

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 "miss"?
"miss" is spelled M-I-S-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈmis].
What does "miss" mean?
As a noun, "miss" means: Ganadora de un concurso de belleza.
What words are commonly confused with "miss"?
"miss" is commonly confused with "mix", "mit", "Mrs". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "miss"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "miss" is [ˈmis]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "miss" come from?
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list