mentales

/[mẽn̪ˈt̪ales]/ adj

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#6,702

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

10

similar word pairs

mentales is anSpanishadj. It means: Forma del plural de mental. Pronounced [mẽn̪ˈt̪ales]. It ranks #6,702 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with metales and mortales.

Key facts for mentales
PropertyValue
Headwordmentales
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdj
IPA[mẽn̪ˈt̪ales]
Letters8
Frequency rank#6,702
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for mentales is 8 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [mẽn̪ˈt̪ales]. Corpus data places it at rank #6,702 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Forma del plural de mental.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for mentales, with forms such as "emntales", "menatles", and "menntales". 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 10 confusable-pair relationships, "metales", "mortales", "montajes", 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 mentales, spelled M-E-N-T-A-L-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 mental.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: emntales,menatles,menntales,mentaels,mentaless,mentalles,mentalse,mentlaes,menttales,metnales,mmentales,mnetales

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for mentales

Misspelling Variants of "mentales"

emntales8menatles8menntales9mentaels8mentaless9mentalles9mentalse8mentlaes8
Misspelling Variants of "mentales"

Frequency rank: #6,702 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "mentales"?
"mentales" is spelled M-E-N-T-A-L-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is [mẽn̪ˈt̪ales].
What does "mentales" mean?
As an adj, "mentales" means: Forma del plural de mental.
What words are commonly confused with "mentales"?
"mentales" is commonly confused with "metales", "mortales", "montajes". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "mentales"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "mentales" is [mẽn̪ˈt̪ales]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "mentales" come from?
"mentales" 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.