medialuna

[með̞jaˈluna]

/[með̞jaˈluna]/ noun

The verdict

“medialuna” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #53,692 among 36,142 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#53,692
frequency rank, Spanish
36,142
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Manjar de repostería, de masa rica en grasa o mantequilla, o pan o bollo, con forma de luna en cuarto creciente o menguante.

Key facts for medialuna
PropertyValue
Headwordmedialuna
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[með̞jaˈluna]
Letters9
Frequency rank#53,692
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “medialuna” 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). medialuna lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

medialuna is uncommon Spanish at frequency #53,692 among 36,142 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [með̞jaˈluna]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for medialuna, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is medialuna, spelled M-E-D-I-A-L-U-N-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Manjar de repostería, de masa rica en grasa o mantequilla, o pan o bollo, con forma de luna en cuarto creciente o menguante.
  2. 2
    Zona en forma de media luna que, junto al área grande, está vedada a los jugadores durante la ejecución de un penal en un partido de fútbol.
  3. 3
    Escenario deportivo en forma de media luna que alberga el rodeo chileno.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "medialuna"?
"medialuna" is spelled M-E-D-I-A-L-U-N-A. The IPA pronunciation is [með̞jaˈluna].
What does "medialuna" mean?
As a noun, "medialuna" means: Manjar de repostería, de masa rica en grasa o mantequilla, o pan o bollo, con forma de luna en cuarto creciente o menguante.
How do you pronounce "medialuna"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "medialuna" is [með̞jaˈluna]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "medialuna" come from?
"medialuna" 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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Using “medialuna”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Spanish spelling is M-E-D-I-A-L-U-N-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [með̞jaˈluna] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words

Other uncommon Spanish words near this 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 FrequencyWords open word-frequency list