mercado
[meɾˈkað̞o]
The verdict
“mercado” is in the everyday core of Spanish, ranked #590 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #590
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 18
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Sitio o edificio destinado a la compraventa de bienes y servicios.
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 | mercado |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [meɾˈkað̞o] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #590 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 18 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “mercado” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for mercado is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [meɾˈkað̞o]. Corpus data places it at rank #590 in overall Spanish word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for mercado, with forms such as "emrcado", "mecrado", and "meracdo". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 18 confusable-pair relationships, "merced", "morado", "mirado", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is mercado, spelled M-E-R-C-A-D-O.
Definition
- 1Sitio o edificio destinado a la compraventa de bienes y servicios.
- 2Por extensión, conjunto de los contratantes que actúan comprando y vendiendo en una plaza o sector determinado.
- 3Área de una sociedad que puede tener interés en comprar o vender ese bien o servicio.
- 4Ciencia que estudia la oferta y la demanda de los bienes y servicios.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: emrcado,mecrado,meracdo,mercaddo,mercaod,merccado,mercdao,merrcado,mmercado,mrecado
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of mercado - 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 “mercado”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is M-E-R-C-A-D-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [meɾˈkað̞o] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “merced” - see the side-by-side comparison. mercado vs merced
- 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.