melancolía

[melãŋkoˈlia]

/[melãŋkoˈlia]/ noun

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The verdict

“melancolía” has 14 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #18,021. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#18,021
frequency rank, Spanish
3,868
“M” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sentimiento de mucha tristeza, que produce el desgano de una persona.

Corpus desk

Index ES-melancolia · melancolía · Spanish

melancolía · rank #18,021 · 14 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #18,021
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,868
  • PHOTO-FINISH mejoría

Nearest frequency peer: mejoría (-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.

Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “melancolía”

Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino

corpus weight

What this shows “melancolía” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

melancolía vs melancólico
64% similar
melancolía vs melancólica
73% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for melancolía
PropertyValue
Headwordmelancolía
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[melãŋkoˈlia]
Letters10
Frequency rank#18,021
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “melancolía”

De izquierda a derecha: las pocas palabras que cargan el habla diaria, luego la cola larga casi invisible.melancolíacae aquí:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Los ticks avanzan en logaritmo; cada uno es del orden de diez veces más raro. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “mejoría” (#18,020), “mediocres” (#18,019), “Merino” (#18,023). Entre 3,868 lemas con “M”, “melancolía” va en #18,021. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around melancolía (IPA [melãŋkoˈlia]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #18,021 among 3,868 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Sentimiento de mucha tristeza, que produce el desgano de una persona.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for melancolía, with forms such as "emlancolía", "mealncolía", and "melacnolía". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "melancólico", "melancólica", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is melancolía, spelled M-E-L-A-N-C-O-L-Í-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Sentimiento de mucha tristeza, que produce el desgano de una persona.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • emlancolía
  • mealncolía
  • melacnolía
  • melanccolía
  • melancloía
  • melancolaí
  • melancollía
  • melancoíla
  • melanncolía
  • melanoclía
  • mellancolía
  • melnacolía
  • mleancolía
  • mmelancolía

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of melancolía - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

emlancolía2mealncolía2melacnolía2melanccolía1melancloía2melancolaí2melancollía1melancoíla2
Edit distance from "melancolía"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "melancolía"?
"melancolía" is spelled M-E-L-A-N-C-O-L-Í-A. The IPA pronunciation is [melãŋkoˈlia].
What does "melancolía" mean?
As a noun, "melancolía" means: Sentimiento de mucha tristeza, que produce el desgano de una persona.
What words are commonly confused with "melancolía"?
"melancolía" is commonly confused with "melancólico", "melancólica". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "melancolía"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "melancolía" is [melãŋkoˈlia]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "melancolía" come from?
"melancolía" is a Spanish word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "melancolía", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

indefinida#17,993ratificado#18,062requeridos#18,071encargarse#17,957

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

navidades14 variantspesimismo14 variantsproducirá14 variantsimparable14 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list