mentían
[mẽn̪ˈt̪iãn]
The verdict
“mentían” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #80,282 among 3,868 “M” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #80,282
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3,868
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de mentir.
Corpus desk
Index ES-mentian · mentían · Spanish
mentían · rank #80,282 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #80,282
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,868
- PHOTO-FINISH melosa
Nearest frequency peer: melosa (-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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “mentían”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- mazazo
mazazo
19,727 corpus weight
- meal
meal
19,722 corpus weight
- melenas
melenas
19,721 corpus weight
- melosa
melosa
19,720 corpus weight
- mentían
mentían
19,719 corpus weight
- milico
milico
19,712 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “mentían” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mentían |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [mẽn̪ˈt̪iãn] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #80,282 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “mentían” en español
Rare enough to double-check
mentían is uncommon Spanish at frequency #80,282 among 3,868 “M” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [mẽn̪ˈt̪iãn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de mentir.".
No misspelling variants are generated for mentían in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is mentían, spelled M-E-N-T-Í-A-N.
Definition
- 1Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de mentir.
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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