mentiste
[mẽn̪ˈt̪ist̪e]
The verdict
“mentiste” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #66,323 among 3,868 “M” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,323
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3,868
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Segunda persona del singular (tú, vos) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de mentir.
Corpus desk
Index ES-mentiste · mentiste · Spanish
mentiste · rank #66,323 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #66,323
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,868
- PHOTO-FINISH menospreciando
Nearest frequency peer: menospreciando (-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 “mentiste”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- mecatrónica
mecatrónica
33,682 corpus weight
- menosprecia…
menospreciando
33,679 corpus weight
- mentiste
mentiste
33,678 corpus weight
- mermada
mermada
33,676 corpus weight
- metrología
metrología
33,673 corpus weight
- mimbres
mimbres
33,672 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “mentiste” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mentiste |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [mẽn̪ˈt̪ist̪e] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #66,323 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “mentiste” en español
Rare enough to double-check
mentiste is uncommon Spanish at frequency #66,323 among 3,868 “M” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [mẽn̪ˈt̪ist̪e]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Segunda persona del singular (tú, vos) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de mentir.".
No misspelling variants are generated for mentiste in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
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 mentiste, spelled M-E-N-T-I-S-T-E.
Definition
- 1Segunda persona del singular (tú, vos) del pretérito perfecto simple 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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