meollo
[meˈoʝo]
The verdict
“meollo” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #33,711 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #33,711
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6
- letters
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Masa nerviosa contenida en el cráneo, seso.
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 | meollo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [meˈoʝo] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #33,711 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “meollo” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for meollo is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [meˈoʝo]. Corpus data places it at rank #33,711 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for meollo, with forms such as "emollo", "melolo", and "meolo". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "Merlo", "Mella", "mello", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is meollo, spelled M-E-O-L-L-O.
Definition
- 1Masa nerviosa contenida en el cráneo, seso.
- 2Miga del centro del pan francés o similar.
- 3Corazón del árbol. También llamado médula, cierno, o esmolde.
- 4Parte sustancial y compleja de algo. Enjundia. Por similitud al centro neurálgico del árbol, con multitud de terminaciones nerviosas.
- 5Parte blanca y correosa de la piel de los hesperidios correspondiente al mesocarpio. Es altamente rica en pectina.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: emollo,melolo,meolo,meolol,mmeollo,moello
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of meollo - 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 “meollo”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is M-E-O-L-L-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [meˈoʝo] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Merlo” - see the side-by-side comparison. meollo vs Merlo
- 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.