mercadillo
[meɾkaˈð̞iʝo]
The verdict
“mercadillo” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #37,724 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #37,724
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 10
- letters
- 13
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Mercado temporal, a menudo periódico, que tiene lugar en las calles de una localidad.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mercadillo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [meɾkaˈð̞iʝo] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #37,724 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “mercadillo” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for mercadillo is 10 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [meɾkaˈð̞iʝo]. Corpus data places it at rank #37,724 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Mercado temporal, a menudo periódico, que tiene lugar en las calles de una localidad.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for mercadillo, with forms such as "emrcadillo", "mecradillo", and "meracdillo". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is mercadillo, spelled M-E-R-C-A-D-I-L-L-O.
Definition
- 1Mercado temporal, a menudo periódico, que tiene lugar en las calles de una localidad.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: emrcadillo,mecradillo,meracdillo,mercaddillo,mercadilo,mercadilol,mercadlilo,mercaidllo,merccadillo,mercdaillo,merrcadillo,mmercadillo,mrecadillo
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of mercadillo - 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 “mercadillo”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is M-E-R-C-A-D-I-L-L-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [meɾkaˈð̞iʝo] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- 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.