merindad

/[meɾĩn̪ˈd̪að̞]/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#40,955

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

4

similar word pairs

merindad is aSpanishnoun. It means: Territorio bajo la jurisdicción de un juez nombrado por el rey, el cual recibía el nombre de merino. Pronounced [meɾĩn̪ˈd̪að̞]. Often confused with Mérida and Melinda.

Key facts for merindad
PropertyValue
Headwordmerindad
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[meɾĩn̪ˈd̪að̞]
Letters8
Frequency rank#40,955
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for merindad is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [meɾĩn̪ˈd̪að̞]. Corpus data places it at rank #40,955 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for merindad, with forms such as "emrindad", "meirndad", and "meridnad". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "Mérida", "Melinda", "merienda", 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 merindad, spelled M-E-R-I-N-D-A-D, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Territorio bajo la jurisdicción de un juez nombrado por el rey, el cual recibía el nombre de merino.
  2. 2
    Oficio de este juez llamado merino.
  3. 3
    Oficio de la autoridad, merino, encargada de distribuir los pastos y resolver los conflictos entre los ganaderos.
  4. 4
    Distrito en el que había una ciudad de cierta importancia que tenía a su cargo defender los intereses de los pueblos y territorios incluidos en él.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: emrindad,meirndad,meridnad,merinadd,merindadd,merindda,merinddad,merinndad,mernidad,merrindad,mmerindad,mreindad

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for merindad

Misspelling Variants of "merindad"

emrindad8meirndad8meridnad8merinadd8merindadd9merindda8merinddad9merinndad9
Misspelling Variants of "merindad"

Frequency rank: #40,955 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "merindad"?
"merindad" is spelled M-E-R-I-N-D-A-D. The IPA pronunciation is [meɾĩn̪ˈd̪að̞].
What does "merindad" mean?
As a noun, "merindad" means: Territorio bajo la jurisdicción de un juez nombrado por el rey, el cual recibía el nombre de merino.
What words are commonly confused with "merindad"?
"merindad" is commonly confused with "Mérida", "Melinda", "merienda". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "merindad"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "merindad" is [meɾĩn̪ˈd̪að̞]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "merindad" come from?
"merindad" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.