mucho
[ˈmut͡ʃo]
The verdict
“mucho” is in the everyday core of Spanish, ranked #79 in Spanish word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #79
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 5
- letters
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Que abunda o es mayor o excede lo corriente.
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 | mucho |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈmut͡ʃo] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #79 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “mucho” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for mucho is 5 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈmut͡ʃo]. Corpus data places it at rank #79 in overall Spanish word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Que abunda o es mayor o excede lo corriente.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for mucho, with forms such as "mcuho", "mmucho", and "muccho". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "muro", "mudo", "mundo", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is mucho, spelled M-U-C-H-O.
Definition
- 1Que abunda o es mayor o excede lo corriente.
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: mcuho,mmucho,muccho,muchho,mucoh,muhco,umcho
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of mucho - 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 “mucho”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is M-U-C-H-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈmut͡ʃo] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “muro” - see the side-by-side comparison. mucho vs muro
- 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.