mendigo

/[mẽn̪ˈd̪iɣ̞o]/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#21,751

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

7

similar word pairs

mendigo is aSpanishnoun. It means: Persona que se dedica a pedir limosna o dádivas. Pronounced [mẽn̪ˈd̪iɣ̞o]. Often confused with mentido and mendigos.

Key facts for mendigo
PropertyValue
Headwordmendigo
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[mẽn̪ˈd̪iɣ̞o]
Letters7
Frequency rank#21,751
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for mendigo is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [mẽn̪ˈd̪iɣ̞o]. Corpus data places it at rank #21,751 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for mendigo, with forms such as "emndigo", "mednigo", and "menddigo". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "mentido", "mendigos", "medio", 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 mendigo, spelled M-E-N-D-I-G-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Persona que se dedica a pedir limosna o dádivas.
  2. 2
    En sentido figurado, persona que ruega a otra por amor, cariño, atención o sexo.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: emndigo,mednigo,menddigo,mendgio,mendiggo,mendiog,menidgo,menndigo,mmendigo,mnedigo

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for mendigo

Misspelling Variants of "mendigo"

emndigo7mednigo7menddigo8mendgio7mendiggo8mendiog7menidgo7menndigo8
Misspelling Variants of "mendigo"

Frequency rank: #21,751 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "mendigo"?
"mendigo" is spelled M-E-N-D-I-G-O. The IPA pronunciation is [mẽn̪ˈd̪iɣ̞o].
What does "mendigo" mean?
As a noun, "mendigo" means: Persona que se dedica a pedir limosna o dádivas.
What words are commonly confused with "mendigo"?
"mendigo" is commonly confused with "mentido", "mendigos", "medio". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "mendigo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "mendigo" is [mẽn̪ˈd̪iɣ̞o]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "mendigo" come from?
"mendigo" 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.