mellizo
[meˈʝiso]
The verdict
“mellizo” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #59,432 among 3,868 “M” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,432
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3,868
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nacido de un mismo parto que otro, sobre todo cuando es de óvulos diferentes.
Corpus desk
Index ES-mellizo · mellizo · Spanish
mellizo · rank #59,432 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #59,432
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,868
- PHOTO-FINISH mejorable
Nearest frequency peer: mejorable (-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 “mellizo”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- meco
meco
40,574 corpus weight
- mejorable
mejorable
40,570 corpus weight
- mellizo
mellizo
40,569 corpus weight
- mendocinos
mendocinos
40,567 corpus weight
- menosprecia…
menospreciado
40,566 corpus weight
- menudeo
menudeo
40,565 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “mellizo” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mellizo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [meˈʝiso] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #59,432 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “mellizo” en español
Rare enough to double-check
mellizo is uncommon Spanish at frequency #59,432 among 3,868 “M” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [meˈʝiso]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
mellizo has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is mellizo, spelled M-E-L-L-I-Z-O.
Definition
- 1Nacido de un mismo parto que otro, sobre todo cuando es de óvulos diferentes.
- 2Similar.
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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