mecánico
[meˈkaniko]
The verdict
“mecánico” has 11 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #7,596. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #7,596
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3,868
- “M” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Propio de la mecánica o relacionado con ella.
Corpus desk
Index ES-mecanico · mecánico · Spanish
mecánico · rank #7,596 · 11 variants · 5 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #7,596
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,868
- PHOTO-FINISH memes
Nearest frequency peer: memes (+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 “mecánico”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- mantenga
mantenga
92,409 corpus weight
- marcador
marcador
92,408 corpus weight
- mecánico
mecánico
92,405 corpus weight
- memes
memes
92,404 corpus weight
- mineros
mineros
92,403 corpus weight
- miradas
miradas
92,402 corpus weight
What this shows “mecánico” 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 | mecánico |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [meˈkaniko] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #7,596 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “mecánico”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around mecánico (IPA [meˈkaniko]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #7,596 among 3,868 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for mecánico, with forms such as "emcánico", "mceánico", and "meccánico". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "metálico", "mecanismo", "mecánicos", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is mecánico, spelled M-E-C-Á-N-I-C-O.
Definition
- 1Propio de la mecánica o relacionado con ella.
- 2Propio de una máquina o relacionado con ella.
- 3Hecho de forma irreflexiva y automáticamente.
- 4Se dice del elemento que produce sobre una superficie sólida un daño o efecto , tal como el roce, erosión o choque.
- 5Se dice del trabajo u oficio que no requiere capacidad intelectual, sino solo habilidad manual.
- 6Se dice de la persona que tiene un oficio que solo necesita habilidad manual.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- emcánico
- mceánico
- meccánico
- mecnáico
- mecáinco
- mecáncio
- mecánicco
- mecánioc
- mecánnico
- meácnico
- mmecánico
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of mecánico - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 "mecánico", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).