mecate
[meˈkat̪e]
The verdict
“mecate” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #99,807 among 3,868 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #99,807
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3,868
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Cuerda o cordel de fibra áspera y rústica de considerable grosor.
Corpus desk
Index ES-mecate · mecate · Spanish
mecate · rank #99,807 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #99,807
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,868
- PHOTO-FINISH maul
Nearest frequency peer: maul (-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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “mecate”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- masticaba
masticaba
197 corpus weight
- matriculada
matriculada
196 corpus weight
- maul
maul
195 corpus weight
- mecate
mecate
194 corpus weight
- meciéndose
meciéndose
193 corpus weight
- mejorables
mejorables
190 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “mecate” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mecate |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [meˈkat̪e] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #99,807 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “mecate” en español
Rare enough to double-check
mecate is uncommon Spanish at frequency #99,807 among 3,868 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [meˈkat̪e]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
mecate doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is mecate, spelled M-E-C-A-T-E.
Definition
- 1Cuerda o cordel de fibra áspera y rústica de considerable grosor.
- 2Medida de longitud, equivalente a 20 m, usada en la milpa y en las haciendas henequeneras.
- 3Medida de superficie, equivalente a 400 m², usada en la milpa y en las haciendas henequeneras.
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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