membrillo

/[mẽmˈbɾiʝo]/ noun

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#40,952

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

13

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

membrillo is aSpanishnoun. It means: (Cydonia oblonga) Árbol de la familia de las rosáceas originario del Cáucaso y cultivado por sus frutos comestibles. Es una planta con hojas simples, alternas y pubescentes, las flores tienen cinco... Pronounced [mẽmˈbɾiʝo].

Key facts for membrillo
PropertyValue
Headwordmembrillo
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[mẽmˈbɾiʝo]
Letters9
Frequency rank#40,952
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of membrillo in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for membrillo is 9 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [mẽmˈbɾiʝo]. Corpus data places it at rank #40,952 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for membrillo, with forms such as "emmbrillo", "mebmrillo", and "membbrillo". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is membrillo, spelled M-E-M-B-R-I-L-L-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    (Cydonia oblonga) Árbol de la familia de las rosáceas originario del Cáucaso y cultivado por sus frutos comestibles. Es una planta con hojas simples, alternas y pubescentes, las flores tienen cinco pétalos y el fruto es un pomo.
  2. 2
    Fruto del membrillo, es un pomo de aspecto piriforme, con piel amarilla, cubierto de una vellosidad fina de color blanquecino. La pulpa es blanco amarillenta, con un aroma intenso, pero muy dura y astringente, por lo que no es usual comerlo crudo, sino en forma de mermelada o en conserva.
  3. 3
    Persona falta de inteligencia o entendimiento.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: emmbrillo,mebmrillo,membbrillo,membirllo,membrilo,membrilol,membrlilo,membrrillo,memmbrillo,memrbillo,memvrillo,mmebrillo,mmembrillo

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for membrillo

Misspelling Variants of "membrillo"

emmbrillo9mebmrillo9membbrillo10membirllo9membrilo8membrilol9membrlilo9membrrillo10
Misspelling Variants of "membrillo"

Frequency rank: #40,952 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "membrillo"?
"membrillo" is spelled M-E-M-B-R-I-L-L-O. The IPA pronunciation is [mẽmˈbɾiʝo].
What does "membrillo" mean?
As a noun, "membrillo" means: (Cydonia oblonga) Árbol de la familia de las rosáceas originario del Cáucaso y cultivado por sus frutos comestibles. Es una planta con hojas simples, alternas y pubescentes, las flores tienen cinco...
What are common misspellings of "membrillo"?
Common misspellings include "emmbrillo", "mebmrillo", "membbrillo", "membirllo", "membrilo". The correct spelling is "membrillo".
How do you pronounce "membrillo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "membrillo" is [mẽmˈbɾiʝo]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "membrillo" come from?
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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.