mesas

noun

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"mesas" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“mesas” is uncommon English (frequency #72,541 among 4,057 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#72,541
frequency rank, English
4,057
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - plural of mesa

Corpus desk

Index EN-mesas · mesas · English

mesas · rank #72,541 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #72,541
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,057
  • PHOTO-FINISH Mercosur

Nearest frequency peer: Mercosur (-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 “mesas”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “mesas” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 2, 2026
Key facts for mesas
PropertyValue
Headwordmesas
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters5
Frequency rank#72,541
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “mesas” sits in English 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). mesas 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

mesas is uncommon English at frequency #72,541 among 4,057 “M” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "plural of mesa".

No misspelling variants are generated for mesas in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct English form is mesas, spelled M-E-S-A-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    plural of mesa

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how mesas appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Those multitoned buttes and mesas [of the Grand Canyon], and that incandescent sequence of colorful bands that make one of the natural wonders of the world so grand, can also be found over 100 million miles away [on Mars].

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 September 2, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "mesas"?
"mesas" is spelled M-E-S-A-S.
What does "mesas" mean?
As a noun, "mesas" means: plural of mesa
What language does "mesas" come from?
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Similar English words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Momoa#72,557Mapes#72,523manis#72,521mudra#72,566

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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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list