menores

/[meˈnoɾes]/ adj

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,485

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

11

similar word pairs

menores is anSpanishadj. It means: Forma del plural de menor. Pronounced [meˈnoɾes]. It ranks #1,485 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with menos and motores.

Key facts for menores
PropertyValue
Headwordmenores
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdj
IPA[meˈnoɾes]
Letters7
Frequency rank#1,485
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of menores in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for menores is 7 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [meˈnoɾes]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,485 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Forma del plural de menor.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for menores, with forms such as "emnores", "mennores", and "menoers". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 11 confusable-pair relationships, "menos", "motores", "mentores", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is menores, spelled M-E-N-O-R-E-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Forma del plural de menor.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: emnores,mennores,menoers,menoress,menorres,menorse,menroes,meonres,mmenores,mneores

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for menores

Misspelling Variants of "menores"

emnores7mennores8menoers7menoress8menorres8menorse7menroes7meonres7
Misspelling Variants of "menores"

Frequency rank: #1,485 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "menores"?
"menores" is spelled M-E-N-O-R-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is [meˈnoɾes].
What does "menores" mean?
As an adj, "menores" means: Forma del plural de menor.
What words are commonly confused with "menores"?
"menores" is commonly confused with "menos", "motores", "mentores". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "menores"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "menores" is [meˈnoɾes]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "menores" come from?
"menores" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.