méchant
/me.ʃɑ̃/
The verdict
“méchant” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Malo.
Corpus desk
Index ES-mechant · méchant · Spanish
méchant · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "M" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | méchant |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /me.ʃɑ̃/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “méchant” en español
Rare enough to double-check
méchant is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed /me.ʃɑ̃/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for méchant in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is méchant, spelled M-É-C-H-A-N-T.
Definition
- 1Malo.
- 2Malvado.
- 3Extremo, enorme.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.