mecanismo

/[mekaˈnismo]/ noun

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#3,640

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

13

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

mecanismo is aSpanishnoun. It means: Estructura interna de un cuerpo, natural o artificial, adaptada para producir un efecto. Pronounced [mekaˈnismo]. It ranks #3,640 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with mecanismos and mecánico.

Key facts for mecanismo
PropertyValue
Headwordmecanismo
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[mekaˈnismo]
Letters9
Frequency rank#3,640
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of mecanismo in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for mecanismo is 9 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [mekaˈnismo]. Corpus data places it at rank #3,640 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 13 documented wrong-spelling variants for mecanismo, with forms such as "emcanismo", "mceanismo", and "meacnismo". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "mecanismos", "mecánico", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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 mecanismo, spelled M-E-C-A-N-I-S-M-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Estructura interna de un cuerpo, natural o artificial, adaptada para producir un efecto.
  2. 2
    Manera en que funciona o trabaja algo.
  3. 3
    Objeto u objetos que interactúan dentro de una estructura compleja.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: emcanismo,mceanismo,meacnismo,mecainsmo,mecanimso,mecanismmo,mecanisom,mecanissmo,mecannismo,mecansimo,meccanismo,mecnaismo,mmecanismo

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for mecanismo

Misspelling Variants of "mecanismo"

emcanismo9mceanismo9meacnismo9mecainsmo9mecanimso9mecanismmo10mecanisom9mecanissmo10
Misspelling Variants of "mecanismo"

Frequency rank: #3,640 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "mecanismo"?
"mecanismo" is spelled M-E-C-A-N-I-S-M-O. The IPA pronunciation is [mekaˈnismo].
What does "mecanismo" mean?
As a noun, "mecanismo" means: Estructura interna de un cuerpo, natural o artificial, adaptada para producir un efecto.
What words are commonly confused with "mecanismo"?
"mecanismo" is commonly confused with "mecanismos", "mecánico". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "mecanismo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "mecanismo" is [mekaˈnismo]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "mecanismo" come from?
"mecanismo" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.