melisa
[meˈlisa]
The verdict
“melisa” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #57,216 among 3,868 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,216
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3,868
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (Melissa officinalis) Hierba aromática de las familia de las Lamiáceas (Labiadas).
Corpus desk
Index ES-melisa · melisa · Spanish
melisa · rank #57,216 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #57,216
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,868
- PHOTO-FINISH Melgarejo
Nearest frequency peer: Melgarejo (-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 “melisa”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- Melania
Melania
42,787 corpus weight
- Melgarejo
Melgarejo
42,786 corpus weight
- melisa
melisa
42,785 corpus weight
- mellizas
mellizas
42,784 corpus weight
- meridianos
meridianos
42,783 corpus weight
- meritoria
meritoria
42,782 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “melisa” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | melisa |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [meˈlisa] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #57,216 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “melisa” en español
Rare enough to double-check
melisa is uncommon Spanish at frequency #57,216 among 3,868 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [meˈlisa]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "(Melissa officinalis) Hierba aromática de las familia de las Lamiáceas (Labiadas).".
No generated misspelling entries exist for melisa in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is melisa, spelled M-E-L-I-S-A.
Definition
- 1(Melissa officinalis) Hierba aromática de las familia de las Lamiáceas (Labiadas).
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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