mentepollo
[mẽn̪t̪eˈpoʝo]
The verdict
“mentepollo” is outside the top-ranked Spanish vocabulary, used as an adjective - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Dicho de una persona, que demuestra actitudes infantiles en la edad adulta.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mentepollo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [mẽn̪t̪eˈpoʝo] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “mentepollo” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for mentepollo is 10 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [mẽn̪t̪eˈpoʝo]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Dicho de una persona, que demuestra actitudes infantiles en la edad adulta.".
mentepollo doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is mentepollo, spelled M-E-N-T-E-P-O-L-L-O.
Definition
- 1Dicho de una persona, que demuestra actitudes infantiles en la edad adulta.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “mentepollo”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is M-E-N-T-E-P-O-L-L-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [mẽn̪t̪eˈpoʝo] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.