meditar

/[með̞iˈt̪aɾ]/ verb

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#16,638

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

16

similar word pairs

meditar is aSpanishverb. It means: Aplicar con profunda atención el pensamiento a la consideración de una cosa, o discurrir sobre los medios de conocerla o conseguirla. Pronounced [með̞iˈt̪aɾ]. Often confused with mesita and militar.

Key facts for meditar
PropertyValue
Headwordmeditar
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[með̞iˈt̪aɾ]
Letters7
Frequency rank#16,638
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs16
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of meditar in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for meditar is 7 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [með̞iˈt̪aɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #16,638 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Aplicar con profunda atención el pensamiento a la consideración de una cosa, o discurrir sobre los medios de conocerla o conseguirla.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for meditar, with forms such as "emditar", "mdeitar", and "medditar". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 16 confusable-pair relationships, "mesita", "militar", "medular", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is meditar, spelled M-E-D-I-T-A-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Aplicar con profunda atención el pensamiento a la consideración de una cosa, o discurrir sobre los medios de conocerla o conseguirla.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: emditar,mdeitar,medditar,mediatr,meditarr,meditra,medittar,medtiar,meidtar,mmeditar

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for meditar

Misspelling Variants of "meditar"

emditar7mdeitar7medditar8mediatr7meditarr8meditra7medittar8medtiar7
Misspelling Variants of "meditar"

Frequency rank: #16,638 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "meditar"?
"meditar" is spelled M-E-D-I-T-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is [með̞iˈt̪aɾ].
What does "meditar" mean?
As a verb, "meditar" means: Aplicar con profunda atención el pensamiento a la consideración de una cosa, o discurrir sobre los medios de conocerla o conseguirla.
What words are commonly confused with "meditar"?
"meditar" is commonly confused with "mesita", "militar", "medular". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "meditar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "meditar" is [með̞iˈt̪aɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "meditar" come from?
"meditar" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.