mixe
[ˈmikse]
The verdict
“mixe” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #65,541 among 36,142 “M” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,541
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 36,142
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Persona originaria de un pueblo indígena que vive principalmente en el estado mexicano de Oaxaca.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mixe |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈmikse] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #65,541 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “mixe” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
mixe is uncommon Spanish at frequency #65,541 among 36,142 “M” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈmikse]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
mixe has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is mixe, spelled M-I-X-E.
Definition
- 1Persona originaria de un pueblo indígena que vive principalmente en el estado mexicano de Oaxaca.
- 2Originario, relativo a, o propio de este pueblo₁.
- 3En lengua mixe₄ o relativo a esta.
This word in other languages
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 “mixe”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is M-I-X-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈmikse] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.