mera

/[ˈmeɾa]/ adj

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#7,196

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

4

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

mera is anSpanishadj. It means: Forma del femenino de mero₂. Pronounced [ˈmeɾa]. It ranks #7,196 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with Mr and mes.

Key facts for mera
PropertyValue
Headwordmera
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdj
IPA[ˈmeɾa]
Letters4
Frequency rank#7,196
Misspellings tracked4
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of mera in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for mera is 4 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈmeɾa]. Corpus data places it at rank #7,196 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Forma del femenino de mero₂.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 4 documented wrong-spelling variants for mera, with forms such as "emra", "merra", and "mmera". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Mr", "mes", "mia", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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 mera, spelled M-E-R-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Forma del femenino de mero₂.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: emra,merra,mmera,mrea

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for mera

Misspelling Variants of "mera"

emra4merra5mmera5mrea4
Misspelling Variants of "mera"

Frequency rank: #7,196 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "mera"?
"mera" is spelled M-E-R-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈmeɾa].
What does "mera" mean?
As an adj, "mera" means: Forma del femenino de mero₂.
What words are commonly confused with "mera"?
"mera" is commonly confused with "Mr", "mes", "mia". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "mera"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "mera" is [ˈmeɾa]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "mera" come from?
"mera" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Spanish words

Other entries that begin with the letter M in our Spanish index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.