mendrugo
[mẽn̪ˈd̪ɾuɣ̞o]
The verdict
“mendrugo” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #97,624 among 36,142 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,624
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 36,142
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Pedazo de pan duro o desechado, y especialmente el sobrante que se suele dar a los mendigos.
Corpus desk
Index ES-mendrugo · mendrugo · Spanish
mendrugo · rank #97,624 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #97,624
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 36,142
- PHOTO-FINISH mendicantes
Nearest frequency peer: mendicantes (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “mendrugo”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- memorizando
memorizando
2,381 corpus weight
- mencionaría
mencionaría
2,379 corpus weight
- mendicantes
mendicantes
2,378 corpus weight
- mendrugo
mendrugo
2,377 corpus weight
- menstruando
menstruando
2,376 corpus weight
- mesquita
mesquita
2,375 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “mendrugo” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mendrugo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [mẽn̪ˈd̪ɾuɣ̞o] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #97,624 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “mendrugo” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
mendrugo is uncommon Spanish at frequency #97,624 among 36,142 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [mẽn̪ˈd̪ɾuɣ̞o]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pedazo de pan duro o desechado, y especialmente el sobrante que se suele dar a los mendigos.".
mendrugo doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is mendrugo, spelled M-E-N-D-R-U-G-O.
Definition
- 1Pedazo de pan duro o desechado, y especialmente el sobrante que se suele dar a los mendigos.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "mendrugo", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.