Menelao
[meneˈlao]
The verdict
“Menelao” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #70,449 among 3,868 “M” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #70,449
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3,868
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Rey de Esparta y hermano de Agamenón. Habiendo robado Paris a Helena, su mujer, dicho robo determinó la guerra de Troya.
Corpus desk
Index ES-menelao · Menelao · Spanish
Menelao · rank #70,449 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #70,449
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,868
- PHOTO-FINISH meditada
Nearest frequency peer: meditada (-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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “Menelao”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- meandros
meandros
29,556 corpus weight
- meditada
meditada
29,553 corpus weight
- Menelao
Menelao
29,552 corpus weight
- mentadas
mentadas
29,550 corpus weight
- merecieron
merecieron
29,549 corpus weight
- metiche
metiche
29,548 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “Menelao” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Menelao |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [meneˈlao] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #70,449 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “Menelao” en español
Rare enough to double-check
Menelao is uncommon Spanish at frequency #70,449 among 3,868 “M” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [meneˈlao]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Rey de Esparta y hermano de Agamenón. Habiendo robado Paris a Helena, su mujer, dicho robo determinó la guerra de Troya.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Menelao in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is Menelao, spelled M-E-N-E-L-A-O.
Definition
- 1Rey de Esparta y hermano de Agamenón. Habiendo robado Paris a Helena, su mujer, dicho robo determinó la guerra de Troya.
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.
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