menhir
[mẽnˈiɾ]
The verdict
“menhir” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Monumento primitivo formado por una piedra sin labrar asentada verticalmente en el suelo.
Corpus desk
Index ES-menhir · menhir · Spanish
menhir · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | menhir |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [mẽnˈiɾ] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “menhir” en español
Rare enough to double-check
menhir is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [mẽnˈiɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Monumento primitivo formado por una piedra sin labrar asentada verticalmente en el suelo.".
Zero misspellings are on record for menhir in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is menhir, spelled M-E-N-H-I-R.
Definition
- 1Monumento primitivo formado por una piedra sin labrar asentada verticalmente en el suelo.
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.