mensaje
[mẽnˈsaxe]
The verdict
“mensaje” is in the everyday core of Spanish, ranked #688 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #688
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 6
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Acción o encargo de decir algo, o bien llevar una cosa.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mensaje |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [mẽnˈsaxe] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #688 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 6 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “mensaje” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for mensaje is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [mẽnˈsaxe]. Corpus data places it at rank #688 in overall Spanish word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for mensaje, with forms such as "emnsaje", "menasje", and "mennsaje". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "montaje", "metraje", "message", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is mensaje, spelled M-E-N-S-A-J-E.
Definition
- 1Acción o encargo de decir algo, o bien llevar una cosa.
- 2Contribución espiritual, ética, intelectual o estética de una persona, doctrina u obra.
- 3Comunicación oficial entre el Poder Ejecutivo y Legislativo, o de las Asambleas en sí mismas.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: emnsaje,menasje,mennsaje,mensaej,mensajje,mensjae,menssaje,mesnaje,mmensaje,mnesaje
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of mensaje - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “mensaje”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is M-E-N-S-A-J-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [mẽnˈsaxe] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “montaje” - see the side-by-side comparison. mensaje vs montaje
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.