menesteroso
[menest̪eˈɾoso]
The verdict
“menesteroso” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Que no tiene lo necesario para vivir.
Corpus desk
Index ES-menesteroso · menesteroso · Spanish
menesteroso · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | menesteroso |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [menest̪eˈɾoso] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “menesteroso” en español
Rare enough to double-check
menesteroso is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [menest̪eˈɾoso]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Que no tiene lo necesario para vivir.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for menesteroso in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is menesteroso, spelled M-E-N-E-S-T-E-R-O-S-O.
Definition
- 1Que no tiene lo necesario para vivir.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how menesteroso appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Debe el hombre imitar a la hormiga. Esto es, debe trabajar a su tiempo, para que no le falte de comer en adelante, pues el descuidado siempre está menesteroso.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
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.