molino

/[moˈlino]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#8,842

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

18

similar word pairs

molino is aSpanishnoun. It means: Utensilio, máquina o instalación destinanda a moler. Pronounced [moˈlino]. It ranks #8,842 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with moño and movió.

Key facts for molino
PropertyValue
Headwordmolino
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[moˈlino]
Letters6
Frequency rank#8,842
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs18
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of molino in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for molino is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [moˈlino]. Corpus data places it at rank #8,842 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for molino, with forms such as "mloino", "mmolino", and "moilno". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 18 confusable-pair relationships, "moño", "movió", "motín", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is molino, spelled M-O-L-I-N-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Utensilio, máquina o instalación destinanda a moler.
  2. 2
    En particular, aquel, destinado a moler principalmente grano, que consta de una rueda, movida por la fuerza del agua o del viento, mediante distintos engranajes mueve una piedra o muela sobre otra que permanece fija, depositándose el grano entre medias de ellas.
  3. 3
    Edificio que alberga la instalación anterior.
  4. 4
    Combinación que permite ganar material con la torre y el alfil mediante una secuencia de consecutivos jaques a la descubierta, manteniendo al rey del rival encerrado en un rincón del tablero.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: mloino,mmolino,moilno,molinno,molion,mollino,molnio,omlino

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for molino

Misspelling Variants of "molino"

mloino6mmolino7moilno6molinno7molion6mollino7molnio6omlino6
Misspelling Variants of "molino"

Frequency rank: #8,842 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "molino"?
"molino" is spelled M-O-L-I-N-O. The IPA pronunciation is [moˈlino].
What does "molino" mean?
As a noun, "molino" means: Utensilio, máquina o instalación destinanda a moler.
What words are commonly confused with "molino"?
"molino" is commonly confused with "moño", "movió", "motín". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "molino"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "molino" is [moˈlino]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "molino" come from?
"molino" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.