melindre
[meˈlĩn̪d̪ɾe]
The verdict
“melindre” 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 September 3, 2026) - Fruta de sartén, hecha con miel y harina. Es típico de la gastronomía española.
Corpus desk
Index ES-melindre · melindre · Spanish
melindre · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "M" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | melindre |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [meˈlĩn̪d̪ɾe] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “melindre” en español
Rare enough to double-check
melindre is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [meˈlĩn̪d̪ɾe]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for melindre in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is melindre, spelled M-E-L-I-N-D-R-E.
Definition
- 1Fruta de sartén, hecha con miel y harina. Es típico de la gastronomía española.
- 2Dulce de pasta de mazapán con baño espeso de azúcar blanco, generalmente en forma de rosquilla muy pequeña.
- 3Bocadillo₃.
- 4Afectada y demasiada delicadeza en palabras, acciones y ademanes.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how melindre appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
«Cada segundo domingo de mayo, el pueblo pone en valor su oferta gastronómica en la que el melindre es la estrella».
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.