México

//ˈmɛ.ʃi.ku// noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,123

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

11

similar word pairs

México is aPortuguesenoun. It means: país da América do Norte, localizado ao sul dos Estados Unidos da América e ao norte da Guatemala e do Belize, sendo que sua capital é a Cidade do México Pronounced /ˈmɛ.ʃi.ku/. It ranks #1,123 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with meio and médio.

Key facts for México
PropertyValue
HeadwordMéxico
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈmɛ.ʃi.ku/
Letters6
Frequency rank#1,123
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of México in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for México is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈmɛ.ʃi.ku/. Corpus data places it at rank #1,123 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "país da América do Norte, localizado ao sul dos Estados Unidos da América e ao norte da Guatemala e do Belize, sendo que sua capital é a Cidade do México".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for México, with forms such as "mméxico", "mxéico", and "méixco". 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 11 confusable-pair relationships, "meio", "médio", "meigo", 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 Portuguese form is México, spelled M-É-X-I-C-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    país da América do Norte, localizado ao sul dos Estados Unidos da América e ao norte da Guatemala e do Belize, sendo que sua capital é a Cidade do México

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: mméxico,mxéico,méixco,méxcio,méxicco,méxioc,méxxico,émxico

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for México

Misspelling Variants of "México"

mméxico7mxéico6méixco6méxcio6méxicco7méxioc6méxxico7émxico6
Misspelling Variants of "México"

Frequency rank: #1,123 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "México"?
"México" is spelled M-É-X-I-C-O. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈmɛ.ʃi.ku/.
What does "México" mean?
As a noun, "México" means: país da América do Norte, localizado ao sul dos Estados Unidos da América e ao norte da Guatemala e do Belize, sendo que sua capital é a Cidade do México
What words are commonly confused with "México"?
"México" is commonly confused with "meio", "médio", "meigo". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "México"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "México" is /ˈmɛ.ʃi.ku/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "México" come from?
"México" is a Portuguese 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. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.