mestizo
/mɛsˈtiː.zoʊ/noun
mestizo is spelled M-E-S-T-I-Z-O: 7 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 67,454th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, mestizo means “A person of mixed ancestry, especially one of Spanish and Native American heritage” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of mestizo is mestizos or mestizoes.
How many letters and syllables are in mestizo?
| Letters | 7: M-E-S-T-I-Z-O |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 5 million words; the 67,454th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is mestizo?
Mestizo appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 67,454th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce mestizo?
- US /mɛsˈtiː.zoʊ/
- US /mɛˈstiː.zoʊ/
- /mɛsˈtiː.zo/
Mestizo has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-mestizo.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with mestizo?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as mestizo from its last stressed vowel (/izoʊ/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of mestizo
- mestizos plural
- mestizoes plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does mestizo mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
USA person of mixed ancestry, especially one of Spanish and Native American heritage.
- 2
A person of mixed ancestry, especially one of Austronesian Filipino and Spanish or Chinese ancestry, such as that of the Spanish mestizos and Chinese mestizos from the Spanish Colonial Era of the Philippines.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Mestizo in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense person of mixed ancestry:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | métis, métisse |
| German | Mestize, Mestizin |
| Portuguese | caboclo, cabocla, mestiço, mestiça |
| Spanish | mestizo, mestiza |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does mestizo come from?
Borrowed from Spanish mestizo, from Late Latin mixtīcius, from Latin mixtus (“mixed”). Doublet of metis, which came from French.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).