myra

[`myːra]

/[`myːra]/ noun

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The verdict

“myra” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #67,945 among 36,142 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#67,945
frequency rank, Spanish
36,142
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Hormiga. Insecto himenóptero de la familia Formicidae.

Key facts for myra
PropertyValue
Headwordmyra
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[`myːra]
Letters4
Frequency rank#67,945
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “myra” sits in Spanish frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). myra lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

myra is uncommon Spanish at frequency #67,945 among 36,142 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [`myːra]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Hormiga. Insecto himenóptero de la familia Formicidae.".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for myra, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is myra, spelled M-Y-R-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Hormiga. Insecto himenóptero de la familia Formicidae.

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 "myra"?
"myra" is spelled M-Y-R-A. The IPA pronunciation is [`myːra].
What does "myra" mean?
As a noun, "myra" means: Hormiga. Insecto himenóptero de la familia Formicidae.
How do you pronounce "myra"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "myra" is [`myːra]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "myra" come from?
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Using “myra”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Spanish spelling is M-Y-R-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [`myːra] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words

Other uncommon Spanish words near this rank

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list