menta
[ˈmẽn̪t̪a]
The verdict
“menta” has 6 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #15,160. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #15,160
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3,868
- “M” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (Mentha spp.) Cualquiera de varias especies de plantas herbáceas perennes de la familia de las lamiáceas, rizomáticas, de tallo erecto, hojas opuestas, simples, oblongas a lanceoladas, de margen de...
Corpus desk
Index ES-menta · menta · Spanish
menta · rank #15,160 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #15,160
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,868
- PHOTO-FINISH memorable
Nearest frequency peer: memorable (-1 rank slots)
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.
Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “menta”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- mazo
mazo
84,844 corpus weight
- memorable
memorable
84,842 corpus weight
- menta
menta
84,841 corpus weight
- Mickey
Mickey
84,840 corpus weight
- miden
miden
84,839 corpus weight
- migratoria
migratoria
84,838 corpus weight
What this shows “menta” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.
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 | menta |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈmẽn̪t̪a] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #15,160 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “menta”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around menta (IPA [ˈmẽn̪t̪a]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #15,160 among 3,868 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "(Mentha spp.) Cualquiera de varias especies de plantas herbáceas perennes de la familia de las lamiáceas, rizomáticas, de tallo erecto, hojas opuestas, simples, oblongas a lanceoladas, de margen de...".
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for menta, with forms such as "emnta", "menat", and "mennta". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "met", "mesa", "meta", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 menta, spelled M-E-N-T-A.
Definition
- 1(Mentha spp.) Cualquiera de varias especies de plantas herbáceas perennes de la familia de las lamiáceas, rizomáticas, de tallo erecto, hojas opuestas, simples, oblongas a lanceoladas, de margen dentado, flores tetralobuladas de color blanco a púrpura y fruto en cápsula. Por su intenso aroma son apreciadas en gastronomía.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how menta appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Sean lauadas las llagas con agua caliente. despues toma azeuar bien poluorizado & mezclalo con suco de menta o yerba sana & con ello se vnten las llagas: & vsando desto muchas vezes se sanara.
La menta por excelencia de los tiempos actuales tampoco es una verdadera menta, es decir una estirpe pura, sino un mesto procedente de la hibridación de dos especies de este mismo género, mesto aparecido en Inglaterra a fines del siglo XVII.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- emnta
- menat
- mennta
- mentta
- mmenta
- mneta
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of menta - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).