mente
[ˈmẽn̪t̪e]
The verdict
“mente” is in the everyday core of Spanish, ranked #941 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #941
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 5
- letters
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Entidad incorporea, inmaterial, supuesta sede de la imaginación, la conciencia, la reflexión, la intuición, la voluntad.
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 | mente |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈmẽn̪t̪e] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #941 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “mente” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for mente is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈmẽn̪t̪e]. Corpus data places it at rank #941 in overall Spanish word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for mente, with forms such as "emnte", "menet", and "mennte". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "met", "meta", "mete", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is mente, spelled M-E-N-T-E.
Definition
- 1Entidad incorporea, inmaterial, supuesta sede de la imaginación, la conciencia, la reflexión, la intuición, la voluntad.
- 2Habilidad para de tener pensamiento racional, de tener conciencia o de concentrarse en algo.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: emnte,menet,mennte,mentte,metne,mmente,mnete
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of mente - 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 “mente”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is M-E-N-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈmẽn̪t̪e] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “met” - see the side-by-side comparison. mente vs met
- 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.