mearse
[meˈaɾse]
The verdict
“mearse” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #96,518 among 36,142 “M” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #96,518
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 36,142
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Mear (uso pronominal de ...)
Corpus desk
Index ES-mearse · mearse · Spanish
mearse · rank #96,518 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #96,518
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 36,142
- PHOTO-FINISH meados
Nearest frequency peer: meados (-1 rank slots)
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 “mearse”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- martilleo
martilleo
3,490 corpus weight
- masturbas
masturbas
3,488 corpus weight
- meaba
meaba
3,485 corpus weight
- meados
meados
3,484 corpus weight
- mearse
mearse
3,483 corpus weight
- mecía
mecía
3,482 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “mearse” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mearse |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [meˈaɾse] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #96,518 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “mearse” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
mearse is uncommon Spanish at frequency #96,518 among 36,142 “M” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [meˈaɾse]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Mear (uso pronominal de ...)".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for mearse, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is mearse, spelled M-E-A-R-S-E.
Definition
- 1Mear (uso pronominal de ...)
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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "mearse", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 6 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.