ménade
[ˈmenað̞e]
The verdict
“ménade” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Cada una de ciertas sacerdotisas de Dioniso (Baco) que en la celebración de los misterios (ceremonias) daban muestras de frenesí.
Corpus desk
Index ES-menade · ménade · Spanish
ménade · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "M" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ménade |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈmenað̞e] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “ménade” en español
Rare enough to double-check
ménade is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈmenað̞e]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for ménade, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is ménade, spelled M-É-N-A-D-E.
Definition
- 1Cada una de ciertas sacerdotisas de Dioniso (Baco) que en la celebración de los misterios (ceremonias) daban muestras de frenesí.
- 2Mujer descompuesta y frenética.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.