mecía

[meˈsia]

/[meˈsia]/ verb

The verdict

“mecía” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #96,519 among 36,142 “M” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#96,519
frequency rank, Spanish
36,142
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de mecer o de mecerse.

Corpus desk

Index ES-mecia · mecía · Spanish

mecía · rank #96,519 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #96,519
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 36,142
  • PHOTO-FINISH mearse

Nearest frequency peer: mearse (-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.

Frequency neighbourhood for “mecía”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “mecía” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of May 6, 2026
Key facts for mecía
PropertyValue
Headwordmecía
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[meˈsia]
Letters5
Frequency rank#96,519
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “mecía” sits in Spanish frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). mecía lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

mecía is uncommon Spanish at frequency #96,519 among 36,142 “M” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [meˈsia]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

mecía doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is mecía, spelled M-E-C-Í-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de mecer o de mecerse.
  2. 2
    Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de mecer o de mecerse.

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.

PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "mecía"?
"mecía" is spelled M-E-C-Í-A. The IPA pronunciation is [meˈsia].
What does "mecía" mean?
As a verb, "mecía" means: Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de mecer o de mecerse.
How do you pronounce "mecía"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "mecía" is [meˈsia]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "mecía" come from?
"mecía" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "mecía", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list