medo
[ˈmeð̞o]
The verdict
“medo” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #76,542 among 36,142 “M” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #76,542
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 36,142
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Perteneciente o relativo a Media, antigua región ubicada en la parte noroeste de la actual Irán.
Corpus desk
Index ES-medo · medo · Spanish
medo · rank #76,542 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #76,542
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 36,142
- PHOTO-FINISH medían
Nearest frequency peer: medían (+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 “medo”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- marginar
marginar
23,469 corpus weight
- maritales
maritales
23,467 corpus weight
- masacrada
masacrada
23,465 corpus weight
- masticación
masticación
23,464 corpus weight
- medo
medo
23,459 corpus weight
- medían
medían
23,458 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “medo” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | medo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈmeð̞o] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #76,542 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “medo” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
medo is uncommon Spanish at frequency #76,542 among 36,142 “M” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈmeð̞o]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for medo, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is medo, spelled M-E-D-O.
Definition
- 1Perteneciente o relativo a Media, antigua región ubicada en la parte noroeste de la actual Irán.
- 2Perteneciente o relativo al antiguo imperio gobernado por las dinastías de Media durante los siglos VII-VI a.C.
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.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "medo", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 4 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.