mechero
[meˈt͡ʃeɾo]
The verdict
“mechero” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #44,856. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #44,856
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3,868
- “M” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Utensilio portátil dotado de un mecanismo que produce una chispa y un depósito de material inflamable, que produce una pequeña llama.
Corpus desk
Index ES-mechero · mechero · Spanish
mechero · rank #44,856 · 10 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #44,856
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,868
- PHOTO-FINISH Maturín
Nearest frequency peer: Maturín (-2 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 “mechero”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- marginada
marginada
55,150 corpus weight
- margo
margo
55,149 corpus weight
- Maturín
Maturín
55,147 corpus weight
- mechero
mechero
55,145 corpus weight
- meseros
meseros
55,143 corpus weight
- meu
meu
55,141 corpus weight
What this shows “mechero” 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 | mechero |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [meˈt͡ʃeɾo] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #44,856 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “mechero”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around mechero (IPA [meˈt͡ʃeɾo]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #44,856 among 3,868 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for mechero, with forms such as "emchero", "mcehero", and "mecchero". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "mesero", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is mechero, spelled M-E-C-H-E-R-O.
Definition
- 1Utensilio portátil dotado de un mecanismo que produce una chispa y un depósito de material inflamable, que produce una pequeña llama.
- 2Ladrón que se especializa en birlar objetos sin violencia de una tienda.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how mechero appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Están ahí, pero no los ves. De eso se trata. Están pero no están. Así que cuidá el maletín, la valija, la puerta, la ventana, el auto. Cuidá los ahorros, cuidá el culo. Porque están ahí, van a estar siempre ahí. Chorros. No, eso es para la gilada. Son descuidistas, culateros, abanicadores, gallos ciegos, biromistas, mecheras, garfios, pungas, boqueteros,…
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- emchero
- mcehero
- mecchero
- mecehro
- mecheor
- mecherro
- mechhero
- mechreo
- mehcero
- mmechero
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of mechero - 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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "mechero", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).