merengue
/məˈɹɛŋɡeɪ/
"merengue" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“merengue” is uncommon English (frequency #76,986 among 36,575 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #76,986
- frequency rank, English
- 36,575
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A type of music common in the Caribbean, originally associated with the Dominican Republic.
Corpus desk
Index EN-merengue · merengue · English
merengue · rank #76,986 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #76,986
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 36,575
- PHOTO-FINISH Mendota
Nearest frequency peer: Mendota (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “merengue”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- mendicant
mendicant
23,017 corpus weight
- Mendota
Mendota
23,016 corpus weight
- merengue
merengue
23,015 corpus weight
- Michoacán
Michoacán
23,014 corpus weight
- microenviro…
microenvironment
23,013 corpus weight
- microglia
microglia
23,012 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “merengue” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | merengue |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /məˈɹɛŋɡeɪ/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #76,986 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “merengue” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
merengue is uncommon English at frequency #76,986 among 36,575 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /məˈɹɛŋɡeɪ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
merengue doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From American Spanish merengue, from French meringue. Doublet of meringue. The correct English form is merengue, spelled M-E-R-E-N-G-U-E.
Definition
- 1A type of music common in the Caribbean, originally associated with the Dominican Republic.
- 2A song performed in this style.
- 3A dance to this style of music.
Etymology
From American Spanish merengue, from French meringue. Doublet of meringue.
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency 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.