modernidad
[moð̞eɾniˈð̞að̞]
The verdict
“modernidad” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #12,006 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #12,006
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 10
- letters
- 15
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Condición o carácter de moderno o de los tiempos modernos.
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 | modernidad |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [moð̞eɾniˈð̞að̞] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #12,006 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “modernidad” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for modernidad is 10 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [moð̞eɾniˈð̞að̞]. Corpus data places it at rank #12,006 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for modernidad, with forms such as "mdoernidad", "mmodernidad", and "moddernidad". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "modernizar", "modernizado", "maternidad", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
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 modernidad, spelled M-O-D-E-R-N-I-D-A-D.
Definition
- 1Condición o carácter de moderno o de los tiempos modernos.
- 2Ideario o modo de organización social, política y cultural en la que se privilegia la iniciativa y las libertades individuales, los sistemas políticos participativos o democráticos, el saber basado en la ciencia y la razón, y la separación racional entre las esferas de lo religioso, lo moral, lo estético y lo político, a diferencia de sistemas en que estas áreas se definen con base en la religión, la tradición o la autoridad monárquica. En la esfera económica, está íntimamente relacionada con el modo de producción capitalista.
- 3Período de la historia mundial, especialmente aplicado a la cultura occidental y al capitalismo, en que prevalece la modernidad₁ como proyecto de sociedad. Su periodización varía según diversos autores, desde aproximadamente a partir del siglo XVI hasta el siglo XX (o para muchos autores, hasta el XXI). Estaría precedida, en la historia europea, por la Edad Media (siglos V al XV), y seguida, según diferentes escuelas, por la Edad Contemporánea (siglos XIX al presente) o por la posmodernidad (fines del siglo XX hasta el presente).
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: mdoernidad,mmodernidad,moddernidad,modenridad,moderindad,moderndiad,moderniadd,modernidadd,modernidda,moderniddad,modernnidad,moderrnidad,modrenidad,moedrnidad,omdernidad
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of modernidad - 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 “modernidad”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is M-O-D-E-R-N-I-D-A-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [moð̞eɾniˈð̞að̞] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “modernizar” - see the side-by-side comparison. modernidad vs modernizar
- 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.