mejillón
[mexiˈʝõn]
The verdict
“mejillón” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #82,197 among 3,868 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #82,197
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3,868
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (Mytilidae) Molusco lamelibranquio con la concha de color negro azulado por fuera, de unos cuatro centímetros de longitud, la cara interior nacarada y con charnela provista de dientes muy pequeños....
Corpus desk
Index ES-mejillon · mejillón · Spanish
mejillón · rank #82,197 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #82,197
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,868
- PHOTO-FINISH mejo
Nearest frequency peer: mejo (+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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “mejillón”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
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medicado
17,807 corpus weight
- meetings
meetings
17,806 corpus weight
- mejillón
mejillón
17,804 corpus weight
- mejo
mejo
17,803 corpus weight
- mencionarem…
mencionaremos
17,802 corpus weight
- mercadillos
mercadillos
17,801 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “mejillón” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mejillón |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [mexiˈʝõn] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #82,197 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “mejillón” en español
Rare enough to double-check
mejillón is uncommon Spanish at frequency #82,197 among 3,868 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [mexiˈʝõn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "(Mytilidae) Molusco lamelibranquio con la concha de color negro azulado por fuera, de unos cuatro centímetros de longitud, la cara interior nacarada y con charnela provista de dientes muy pequeños....".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for mejillón, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. 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 entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is mejillón, spelled M-E-J-I-L-L-Ó-N.
Definition
- 1(Mytilidae) Molusco lamelibranquio con la concha de color negro azulado por fuera, de unos cuatro centímetros de longitud, la cara interior nacarada y con charnela provista de dientes muy pequeños. Es muy apreciado como comestible.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how mejillón appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Para cocer los mejillones necesitaremos un chorreón de limón o vino blanco y una hoja de laurel.
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.
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