# Mensa

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈmɛnsə/ · frequency rank #43,785

## Definitions
1. Mensa International, an organization for people with very high IQs.

## Etymology
From Latin mensa (“table”). The organization promotes itself as a "round-table" society in which differences in the backgrounds of its members are considered irrelevant.

## Easily confused with
- **mes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mensa-vs-mes)
- **MSA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mensa-vs-msa)
- **mess** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mensa-vs-mess)
- **menu** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mensa-vs-menu)
- **mesh** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mensa-vs-mesh)
- **mets** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mensa-vs-mets)
- **mona** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mensa-vs-mona)
- **mesa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mensa-vs-mesa)
- **mina** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mensa-vs-mina)
- **mRNA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mensa-vs-mrna)
- **Musa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mensa-vs-musa)
- **Mons** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mensa-vs-mons)
- **MRSA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mensa-vs-mrsa)
- **mews** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mensa-vs-mews)
- **MERS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mensa-vs-mers)
- **messy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mensa-vs-messy)
- **Messi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mensa-vs-messi)
- **Minsk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mensa-vs-minsk)
- **Minna** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mensa-vs-minna)
- **missa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mensa-vs-missa)

## Common misspellings (6)
`emnsa`, `mennsa`, `menssa`, `mesna`, `mmensa`, `mnesa`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/mensa