mentir más que hablar

[mẽn̪ˈt̪iɾ ˈmas ke aˈβ̞laɾ]

/[mẽn̪ˈt̪iɾ ˈmas ke aˈβ̞laɾ]/ phrase

The verdict

“mentir más que hablar” is outside the top-ranked Spanish vocabulary, used as a phrase - the kind of word writers most often double-check.

Unranked
below top-frequency Spanish
21
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Decir muchas mentiras.

Key facts for mentir más que hablar
PropertyValue
Headwordmentir más que hablar
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechPhrase
IPA[mẽn̪ˈt̪iɾ ˈmas ke aˈβ̞laɾ]
Letters21
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “mentir más que hablar” sits in Spanish frequency

mentir más que hablar falls outside the top-100,000 ranked Spanish words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for mentir más que hablar is 21 letters long, classified as a phrase, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [mẽn̪ˈt̪iɾ ˈmas ke aˈβ̞laɾ]. 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: "Decir muchas mentiras.".

No misspelling variants are generated for mentir más que hablar in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

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 mentir más que hablar, spelled M-E-N-T-I-R- -M-Á-S- -Q-U-E- -H-A-B-L-A-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Decir muchas mentiras.

Synonyms

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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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "mentir más que hablar"?
"mentir más que hablar" is spelled M-E-N-T-I-R- -M-Á-S- -Q-U-E- -H-A-B-L-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is [mẽn̪ˈt̪iɾ ˈmas ke aˈβ̞laɾ].
What does "mentir más que hablar" mean?
As a phrase, "mentir más que hablar" means: Decir muchas mentiras.
How do you pronounce "mentir más que hablar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "mentir más que hablar" is [mẽn̪ˈt̪iɾ ˈmas ke aˈβ̞laɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Using “mentir más que hablar”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Spanish spelling is M-E-N-T-I-R- -M-Á-S- -Q-U-E- -H-A-B-L-A-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [mẽn̪ˈt̪iɾ ˈmas ke aˈβ̞laɾ] (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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

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