memoria

[meˈmoɾja]

/[meˈmoɾja]/ noun

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The verdict

“memoria” has 9 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #1,144. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,144
frequency rank, Spanish
3,868
“M” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
12
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Facultad mental para retener y recordar el pasado.

Corpus desk

Index ES-memoria · memoria · Spanish

memoria · rank #1,144 · 9 variants · 12 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,144
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 12 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,868
  • PHOTO-FINISH marca

Nearest frequency peer: marca (-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 “memoria”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “memoria” 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).

memoria vs moría
57% similar
memoria vs memory
71% similar
memoria vs minoría
57% similar

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

Key facts for memoria
PropertyValue
Headwordmemoria
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[meˈmoɾja]
Letters7
Frequency rank#1,144
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs12
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “memoria”

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

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

El eje es logarítmico: cada tick marca unas diez veces menos frecuencia. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “marca” (#1,143), “motivo” (#1,145), “opción” (#1,146). Entre 3,868 lemas con “M”, “memoria” va en #1,144. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around memoria (IPA [meˈmoɾja]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,144 among 3,868 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 8 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for memoria, with forms such as "emmoria", "memmoria", and "memoira". 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 12 confusable-pair relationships, "moría", "memory", "minoría", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is memoria, spelled M-E-M-O-R-I-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Facultad mental para retener y recordar el pasado.
  2. 2
    Registro de un dato o evento almacenado y disponible para ser recordado posteriormente y, por extensión, evocación de ese dato o evento en un momento dado.
  3. 3
    Dispositivo para almacenar datos en un computador u otro artefacto similar.
  4. 4
    Tesis, estudio o disertación escrita.
  5. 5
    Presentación de la información sobre un tema o asunto.
  6. 6
    Registro informal de gastos u otros aspectos de una empresa o entidad.
  7. 7
    Monumento, aniversario o institución benéfica para recuerdo de algo o de alguien, en particular de su fundador.
  8. 8
    En escolástica, una de las potencias o facultades del alma.

This word in other languages

memory(English)mémoire(Français)Arbeitsspeicher(Deutsch)memória(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • emmoria
  • memmoria
  • memoira
  • memorai
  • memorria
  • memroia
  • meomria
  • mmemoria
  • mmeoria

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of memoria - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

emmoria2memmoria1memoira2memorai2memorria1memroia2meomria2mmemoria1
Edit distance from "memoria"

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 "memoria"?
"memoria" is spelled M-E-M-O-R-I-A. The IPA pronunciation is [meˈmoɾja].
What does "memoria" mean?
As a noun, "memoria" means: Facultad mental para retener y recordar el pasado.
What words are commonly confused with "memoria"?
"memoria" is commonly confused with "moría", "memory", "minoría". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "memoria"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "memoria" is [meˈmoɾja]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "memoria" come from?
"memoria" 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 "memoria", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

reforma#1,152ciencia#1,135resulta#1,154aumento#1,132

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

motivo9 variantsReunión9 variantsequipos9 variantsgratis9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list