megabyte
[meɣ̞aˈβ̞it̪e]
The verdict
“megabyte” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Unidad de almacenamiento de información digital equivalente a 1024 kilobytes o 1,048,576 bytes.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | megabyte |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [meɣ̞aˈβ̞it̪e] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “megabyte” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
megabyte is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [meɣ̞aˈβ̞it̪e]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for megabyte, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is megabyte, spelled M-E-G-A-B-Y-T-E.
Definition
- 1Unidad de almacenamiento de información digital equivalente a 1024 kilobytes o 1,048,576 bytes.
- 2Un millón de bytes.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “megabyte”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is M-E-G-A-B-Y-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [meɣ̞aˈβ̞it̪e] (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
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.