meridiano
[meɾiˈð̞jano]
The verdict
“meridiano” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #22,772 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #22,772
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 9
- letters
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Cada una de las líneas de la esfera terrestre que siguiendo la ruta más corta va de polo a polo.
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 | meridiano |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [meɾiˈð̞jano] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #22,772 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “meridiano” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for meridiano is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [meɾiˈð̞jano]. Corpus data places it at rank #22,772 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Cada una de las líneas de la esfera terrestre que siguiendo la ruta más corta va de polo a polo.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for meridiano, with forms such as "emridiano", "meirdiano", and "merdiiano". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Mediano", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is meridiano, spelled M-E-R-I-D-I-A-N-O.
Definition
- 1Cada una de las líneas de la esfera terrestre que siguiendo la ruta más corta va de polo a polo.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: emridiano,meirdiano,merdiiano,meridaino,meriddiano,meridianno,meridiaon,meridinao,meriidano,merridiano,mmeridiano,mreidiano
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of meridiano - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “meridiano”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is M-E-R-I-D-I-A-N-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [meɾiˈð̞jano] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Mediano” - see the side-by-side comparison. meridiano vs Mediano
- 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.