melamina
[melaˈmina]
The verdict
“melamina” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #73,854 among 36,142 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #73,854
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 36,142
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Compuesto orgánico de fórmula C₃H₆N₆, levemente soluble en agua y que se usa en alfarería y también para elaborar aminorresinas.
Corpus desk
Index ES-melamina · melamina · Spanish
melamina · rank #73,854 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #73,854
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 36,142
- PHOTO-FINISH memorizado
Nearest frequency peer: memorizado (+2 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 “melamina”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- meda
meda
26,151 corpus weight
- mediapunta
mediapunta
26,150 corpus weight
- melamina
melamina
26,147 corpus weight
- memorizado
memorizado
26,145 corpus weight
- menes
menes
26,144 corpus weight
- metafísicas
metafísicas
26,142 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “melamina” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | melamina |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [melaˈmina] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #73,854 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “melamina” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
melamina is uncommon Spanish at frequency #73,854 among 36,142 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [melaˈmina]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Compuesto orgánico de fórmula C₃H₆N₆, levemente soluble en agua y que se usa en alfarería y también para elaborar aminorresinas.".
melamina has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. 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.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is melamina, spelled M-E-L-A-M-I-N-A.
Definition
- 1Compuesto orgánico de fórmula C₃H₆N₆, levemente soluble en agua y que se usa en alfarería y también para elaborar aminorresinas.
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 "melamina", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 8 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.