monkey
/ˈmʌŋ.ki/
The verdict
“monkey” has 9 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #30,576. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #30,576
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3,868
- “M” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 12
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mono, simio.
Corpus desk
Index ES-monkey · monkey · Spanish
monkey · rank #30,576 · 9 variants · 12 confusables
- FREQ-MID #30,576
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 12 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,868
- PHOTO-FINISH Moncada
Nearest frequency peer: Moncada (-1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “monkey”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- midi
midi
69,429 corpus weight
- MILF
MILF
69,428 corpus weight
- Moncada
Moncada
69,426 corpus weight
- monkey
monkey
69,425 corpus weight
- morros
morros
69,423 corpus weight
- morían
morían
69,422 corpus weight
What this shows “monkey” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.
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 | monkey |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈmʌŋ.ki/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #30,576 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 12 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “monkey”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around monkey (IPA /ˈmʌŋ.ki/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #30,576 among 3,868 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Mono, simio.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for monkey, with forms such as "mmonkey", "mnokey", and "mokney". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 12 confusable-pair relationships, "monte", "Montes", "Monroy", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is monkey, spelled M-O-N-K-E-Y.
Definition
- 1Mono, simio.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- mmonkey
- mnokey
- mokney
- moneky
- monkeyy
- monkkey
- monkye
- monnkey
- omnkey
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of monkey - 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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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "monkey", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).