mixteco
[miksˈt̪eko]
The verdict
“mixteco” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #72,977 among 36,142 “M” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #72,977
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 36,142
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - perteneciente o relacionado a un pueblo amerindio que habita en la Mixteca, una zona que abarca parte de los estados mexicanos de Oaxaca, Puebla y Guerrero. Su cultura alcanzó su apogeo entre los s...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mixteco |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [miksˈt̪eko] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #72,977 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “mixteco” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
mixteco is uncommon Spanish at frequency #72,977 among 36,142 “M” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [miksˈt̪eko]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
mixteco doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is mixteco, spelled M-I-X-T-E-C-O.
Definition
- 1perteneciente o relacionado a un pueblo amerindio que habita en la Mixteca, una zona que abarca parte de los estados mexicanos de Oaxaca, Puebla y Guerrero. Su cultura alcanzó su apogeo entre los siglos XI y XII d. C., fueron conquistados por los aztecas poco antes de la llegada de los españoles y a principios del siglo XXI eran alrededor de 700 mil personas.
- 2Se dice de algo que proviene o tiene relación con los mixtecos₁ o su cultura.
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 “mixteco”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is M-I-X-T-E-C-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.