Meca
[ˈmeka]
The verdict
“Meca” has 5 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #19,174. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #19,174
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3,868
- “M” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ciudad sagrada del Islam en Arabia Saudí
Corpus desk
Index ES-meca · Meca · Spanish
Meca · rank #19,174 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #19,174
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,868
- PHOTO-FINISH mayonesa
Nearest frequency peer: mayonesa (-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.
Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “Meca”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- marquesa
marquesa
80,830 corpus weight
- matadero
matadero
80,829 corpus weight
- mayonesa
mayonesa
80,828 corpus weight
- Meca
Meca
80,827 corpus weight
- memo
memo
80,826 corpus weight
- metidos
metidos
80,825 corpus weight
What this shows “Meca” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Meca |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈmeka] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #19,174 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “Meca”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around Meca (IPA [ˈmeka]), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #19,174 among 3,868 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Ciudad sagrada del Islam en Arabia Saudí".
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for Meca, with forms such as "emca", "mcea", and "meac". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "mes", "mia", "men", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is Meca, spelled M-E-C-A.
Definition
- 1Ciudad sagrada del Islam en Arabia Saudí
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- emca
- mcea
- meac
- mecca
- mmeca
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Meca - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).