mita

/[ˈmit̪a]/ noun

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#40,401

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

5

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

mita is aSpanishnoun. It means: Sistema de trabajo obligatorio utilizado en la Región Andina por los colonizadores españoles, en el que se determinaba por sorteo el reparto de los indios como fuerza laboral para la obra pública. Pronounced [ˈmit̪a]. Often confused with mix and moda.

Key facts for mita
PropertyValue
Headwordmita
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈmit̪a]
Letters4
Frequency rank#40,401
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for mita is 4 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈmit̪a]. Corpus data places it at rank #40,401 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.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 5 documented wrong-spelling variants for mita, with forms such as "imta", "miat", and "mitta". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "mix", "moda", "moto", 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 mita, spelled M-I-T-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Sistema de trabajo obligatorio utilizado en la Región Andina por los colonizadores españoles, en el que se determinaba por sorteo el reparto de los indios como fuerza laboral para la obra pública.
  2. 2
    Antiguo impuesto que pagaban los indios en el Virreinato del Alto Perú.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: imta,miat,mitta,mmita,mtia

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for mita

Misspelling Variants of "mita"

imta4miat4mitta5mmita5mtia4
Misspelling Variants of "mita"

Frequency rank: #40,401 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "mita"?
"mita" is spelled M-I-T-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈmit̪a].
What does "mita" mean?
As a noun, "mita" means: Sistema de trabajo obligatorio utilizado en la Región Andina por los colonizadores españoles, en el que se determinaba por sorteo el reparto de los indios como fuerza laboral para la obra pública.
What words are commonly confused with "mita"?
"mita" is commonly confused with "mix", "moda", "moto". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "mita"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "mita" is [ˈmit̪a]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "mita" come from?
"mita" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Spanish words

Other entries that begin with the letter M in our Spanish index:

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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.