mengua
[ˈmẽŋgwa]
The verdict
“mengua” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #69,593 among 36,142 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,593
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 36,142
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Acción y resultado de menguar.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mengua |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈmẽŋgwa] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #69,593 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “mengua” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
mengua is uncommon Spanish at frequency #69,593 among 36,142 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈmẽŋgwa]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for mengua, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, 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, 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 mengua, spelled M-E-N-G-U-A.
Definition
- 1Acción y resultado de menguar.
- 2Desprestigio o descrédito de una persona a causa de su comportamiento.
- 3Escasez de una cosa.
- 4Falta que hace incompleta una cosa.
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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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Using “mengua”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is M-E-N-G-U-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈmẽŋgwa] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.