menú
[meˈnu]
The verdict
“menú” is a regularly-used Spanish word, ranked #9,322 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #9,322
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4
- letters
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Colección de alimentos que se incluyen en una comida.
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 | menú |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [meˈnu] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #9,322 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “menú” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for menú is 4 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [meˈnu]. Corpus data places it at rank #9,322 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for menú, with forms such as "emnú", "mennú", and "meún". 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, "mu", "mes", "min", 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, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is menú, spelled M-E-N-Ú.
Definition
- 1Colección de alimentos que se incluyen en una comida.
- 2Lista de los platos y bebidas que se ofrecen en un restaurante.
- 3Comida o conjunto de platos del día disponibles en un restaurante, por un precio fijo, dentro de una oferta y horario limitados.
- 4Por extensión, lista de opciones disponibles en cualquier campo o circunstancia.
- 5Lista de opciones o comandos dentro de un programa o una página de Internet, generalmente con una interfaz gráfica específica.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: emnú,mennú,meún,mmenú,mneú
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of menú - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 “menú”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is M-E-N-Ú - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [meˈnu] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “mu” - see the side-by-side comparison. menú vs mu
- 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.