municipio

[muniˈsipjo]

/[muniˈsipjo]/ noun

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The verdict

“municipio” has 13 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #1,738. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,738
frequency rank, Spanish
3,868
“M” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Subdivisión administrativa menor o al conjunto de habitantes de dicho territorio, que puede incluir varias poblaciones, regido por un órgano colegiado generalmente denominado ayuntamiento, municipa...

Corpus desk

Index ES-municipio · municipio · Spanish

municipio · rank #1,738 · 13 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,738
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,868
  • PHOTO-FINISH llegan

Nearest frequency peer: llegan (-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 “municipio”

Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino

corpus weight

What this shows “municipio” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

municipio vs municipios
90% similar
municipio vs municipal
78% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for municipio
PropertyValue
Headwordmunicipio
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[muniˈsipjo]
Letters9
Frequency rank#1,738
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “municipio”

Esta escala corre desde el núcleo del español cotidiano (izquierda) hasta el rastro de formas rara vez usadas (derecha).municipiocae aquí:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

El eje es logarítmico: cada tick marca unas diez veces menos frecuencia. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “llegan” (#1,737), “patria” (#1,739), “latina” (#1,736). Entre 3,868 lemas con “M”, “municipio” va en #1,738. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around municipio (IPA [muniˈsipjo]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,738 among 3,868 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for municipio, with forms such as "mmunicipio", "mnuicipio", and "muincipio". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "municipios", "municipal", 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 best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is municipio, spelled M-U-N-I-C-I-P-I-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    Subdivisión administrativa menor o al conjunto de habitantes de dicho territorio, que puede incluir varias poblaciones, regido por un órgano colegiado generalmente denominado ayuntamiento, municipalidad, alcaldía o concejo.
  2. 2
    Por extensión, también se usa para referirse al ayuntamiento o municipalidad en sí.

This word in other languages

municipality(English)mairie(Français)Gemeinde(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • mmunicipio
  • mnuicipio
  • muincipio
  • munciipio
  • municcipio
  • municiipo
  • municipoi
  • municippio
  • municpiio
  • muniicpio
  • munisipio
  • munnicipio
  • umnicipio

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of municipio - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

mmunicipio1mnuicipio2muincipio2munciipio2municcipio1municiipo2municipoi2municippio1
Edit distance from "municipio"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "municipio"?
"municipio" is spelled M-U-N-I-C-I-P-I-O. The IPA pronunciation is [muniˈsipjo].
What does "municipio" mean?
As a noun, "municipio" means: Subdivisión administrativa menor o al conjunto de habitantes de dicho territorio, que puede incluir varias poblaciones, regido por un órgano colegiado generalmente denominado ayuntamiento, municipa...
What words are commonly confused with "municipio"?
"municipio" is commonly confused with "municipios", "municipal". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "municipio"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "municipio" is [muniˈsipjo]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "municipio" come from?
"municipio" is a Spanish word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "municipio", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

alimentos13 variantsRodríguez13 variantsimpuestos13 variantsasesinato13 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list