moderna
[moˈð̞eɾna]
The verdict
“moderna” is a regularly-used Spanish word, ranked #2,675 in Spanish word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #2,675
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 12
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Forma del femenino de moderno.
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 | moderna |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [moˈð̞eɾna] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #2,675 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 12 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “moderna” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for moderna is 7 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [moˈð̞eɾna]. Corpus data places it at rank #2,675 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Forma del femenino de moderno.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for moderna, with forms such as "mdoerna", "mmoderna", and "modderna". 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 12 confusable-pair relationships, "morena", "Morera", "moverá", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is moderna, spelled M-O-D-E-R-N-A.
Definition
- 1Forma del femenino de moderno.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: mdoerna,mmoderna,modderna,modenra,moderan,modernna,moderrna,modrena,moedrna,omderna
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of moderna - 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.
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Using “moderna”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is M-O-D-E-R-N-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [moˈð̞eɾna] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “morena” - see the side-by-side comparison. moderna vs morena
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.