memoria

/[meˈmoɾja]/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,144

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

12

similar word pairs

memoria is aSpanishnoun. It means: Facultad mental para retener y recordar el pasado. Pronounced [meˈmoɾja]. It ranks #1,144 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with moría and memory.

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

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for memoria is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [meˈmoɾja]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,144 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 8 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for memoria, with forms such as "emmoria", "memmoria", and "memoira". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 12 confusable-pair relationships, "moría", "memory", "minoría", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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 memoria, spelled M-E-M-O-R-I-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

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.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: emmoria,memmoria,memoira,memorai,memorria,memroia,meomria,mmemoria,mmeoria

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for memoria

Misspelling Variants of "memoria"

emmoria7memmoria8memoira7memorai7memorria8memroia7meomria7mmemoria8
Misspelling Variants of "memoria"

Frequency rank: #1,144 in Spanish

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. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.