meretrices
[meɾeˈt̪ɾises]
The verdict
“meretrices” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #85,992 among 3,868 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #85,992
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3,868
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Forma del plural de meretriz.
Corpus desk
Index ES-meretrices · meretrices · Spanish
meretrices · rank #85,992 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #85,992
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,868
- PHOTO-FINISH meritorios
Nearest frequency peer: meritorios (+1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “meretrices”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- megalomanía
megalomanía
14,013 corpus weight
- Menchaca
Menchaca
14,011 corpus weight
- meretrices
meretrices
14,009 corpus weight
- meritorios
meritorios
14,008 corpus weight
- merman
merman
14,006 corpus weight
- merodeador
merodeador
14,005 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “meretrices” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | meretrices |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [meɾeˈt̪ɾises] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #85,992 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “meretrices” en español
Rare enough to double-check
meretrices is uncommon Spanish at frequency #85,992 among 3,868 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [meɾeˈt̪ɾises]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Forma del plural de meretriz.".
meretrices has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is meretrices, spelled M-E-R-E-T-R-I-C-E-S.
Definition
- 1Forma del plural de meretriz.
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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