mitad
[miˈt̪að̞]
The verdict
“mitad” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #809. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #809
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3,868
- “M” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Al dividir un todo en dos partes iguales, cada una de dichas partes.
Corpus desk
Index ES-mitad · mitad · Spanish
mitad · rank #809 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #809
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,868
- PHOTO-FINISH Formas
Nearest frequency peer: Formas (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “mitad”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- diez
diez
99,195 corpus weight
- existen
existen
99,194 corpus weight
- Formas
Formas
99,193 corpus weight
- mitad
mitad
99,192 corpus weight
- oficina
oficina
99,191 corpus weight
- presente
presente
99,190 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “mitad” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | mitad |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [miˈt̪að̞] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #809 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Dónde se sitúa “mitad” en la frecuencia del español
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around mitad (IPA [miˈt̪að̞]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #809 among 3,868 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for mitad, with forms such as "imtad", "miatd", and "mitadd". 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, "mito", "mota", "mitos", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is mitad, spelled M-I-T-A-D.
Definition
- 1Al dividir un todo en dos partes iguales, cada una de dichas partes.
- 2Parte o lugar situado a medio camino entre dos extremos.
- 3La fracción irreducible ½, o, en notación decimal: 0,5.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how mitad appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
¿Se puede vivir con la mitad del cerebro? Sí, y además puede funcionar mejor que uno completo. La operación conocida como hemisferectomía consiste precisamente en retirar a una persona la mitad de su masa gris.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- imtad
- miatd
- mitadd
- mitda
- mittad
- mmitad
- mtiad
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of mitad - 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.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "mitad", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "mitad". Here's where to go from here.
- "mitad" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "mito". View pair
- 7 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #809 among Spanish headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more Spanish words in the "M" letter cohort. M–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.