carne mechada
[ˈkaɾne meˈt͡ʃað̞a]
The verdict
“carne mechada” is outside the top-ranked Spanish vocabulary, used as a phrase - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) — Plato consistente en un corte de carne de res la cual primero se hierve, luego se deshebra según la fibra muscular y finalmente se guisa en un sofrito. Forma parte del pabellón criollo venezolano. ...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | carne mechada |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [ˈkaɾne meˈt͡ʃað̞a] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “carne mechada” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for carne mechada is 13 letters long, classified as a phrase, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈkaɾne meˈt͡ʃað̞a]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Plato consistente en un corte de carne de res la cual primero se hierve, luego se deshebra según la fibra muscular y finalmente se guisa en un sofrito. Forma parte del pabellón criollo venezolano. ...".
No misspelling variants are generated for carne mechada in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
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 Spanish form is carne mechada, spelled C-A-R-N-E- -M-E-C-H-A-D-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1Plato consistente en un corte de carne de res la cual primero se hierve, luego se deshebra según la fibra muscular y finalmente se guisa en un sofrito. Forma parte del pabellón criollo venezolano. También se emplea como relleno de empanadas y arepas, en estas últimas de un modo especial destaca la llamada pelú'a (combinada con queso gouda rallado en grueso).
Synonyms
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Using “carne mechada”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is C-A-R-N-E- -M-E-C-H-A-D-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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