memory

//ˈmɛm.ə.ɹi// noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#26,526

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

8

similar word pairs

memory is aSpanishnoun. It means: Memoria. Pronounced /ˈmɛm.ə.ɹi/. Often confused with menor and merry.

Key facts for memory
PropertyValue
Headwordmemory
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈmɛm.ə.ɹi/
Letters6
Frequency rank#26,526
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for memory is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈmɛm.ə.ɹi/. Corpus data places it at rank #26,526 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Memoria.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for memory, with forms such as "emmory", "memmory", and "memorry". 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 8 confusable-pair relationships, "menor", "merry", "memo", 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 memory, spelled M-E-M-O-R-Y, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Memoria.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: emmory,memmory,memorry,memoryy,memoyr,memroy,meomry,mmemory,mmeory

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for memory

Misspelling Variants of "memory"

emmory6memmory7memorry7memoryy7memoyr6memroy6meomry6mmemory7
Misspelling Variants of "memory"

Frequency rank: #26,526 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "memory"?
"memory" is spelled M-E-M-O-R-Y. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈmɛm.ə.ɹi/.
What does "memory" mean?
As a noun, "memory" means: Memoria.
What words are commonly confused with "memory"?
"memory" is commonly confused with "menor", "merry", "memo". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "memory"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "memory" is /ˈmɛm.ə.ɹi/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "memory" come from?
"memory" 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.